Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge
- Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge
Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge is a 6,226 acre [http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=32578 "Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge", Fish and Wildlife Service, Retrieved July 15, 2007] National Wildlife Refuge located along the Upper Mississippi River in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.
It is in part a wetland, and is a significant element of the Mississippi Flyway. Consisting of backwaters away from the Mississippi and Trempealeau River. It is part of the Driftless Area, a portion of North American which remained ice free during the last ice age, creating in part the deep gorge of the Mississippi, quite visible from this refuge.
It is also a sand prairie, where "big bluestern, indiangrass, and switchgrass can reach heights of eight or nine feet." [http://www.fws.gov/midwest/Trempealeau/ "A Prairie Wonderland", Fish and Wildlife Service, Retrieved July 15, 2007]
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