Tamarac Wilderness

Infobox_protected_area | name = Tamarac Wilderness
iucn_category = Ib

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caption =
locator_x = 147
locator_y = 32
location = Minnesota, USA
nearest_city = Elbow Lake, Minnesota
lat_degrees = 47
lat_minutes = 04
lat_seconds = 15
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 095
long_minutes = 35
long_seconds = 43
long_direction = W
area = convert|2180|acre|km2|0|sing=off
established = 1976
visitation_num =
visitation_year =
governing_body = U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

The Tamarac Wilderness is a convert|2180|acre|km2|0|sing=on wilderness area in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Established by the United States Congress in 1976, Tamarac Wilderness is composed primarily of small lakes, wooded potholes, bogs and marshes. [http://gorp.away.com/gorp/resource/us_wilderness_area/fws_reg3.htm#tamarac Tamarac Wilderness Area] - GORP] The Wilderness consists of four sections of the convert|42724|acre|km2|0|sing=on Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge: three islands in Tamarac Lake totaling about convert|65|acre|km2|0|sing=off in the southwest section, and more than convert|2180|acre|km2|0|sing=off in the northwest corner. [http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&wname=Tamarac%20Wilderness Tamarac Wilderness] - Wilderness.net]

Vegetation

Much of the Wilderness is forested with white pine, maple, red oak, birch, and elm, with an under story of hazelbrush. Portions of the area were logged in the early years of the twentieth century and contain second growth aspen. On the lower, wetter sites of the Wilderness, ash, balsam poplar, tamarack, and spruce are common.

Wildlife

A variety of wildlife can be found in the Tamarac Wilderness, including bald eagle, osprey, black bear, ruffed grouse, white-tailed deer, otter, porcupine, fox, beaver, coyote, and timber wolf, as well as numerous passerine birds. Fish found in Tamarac Lake include northern pike, walleye, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and yellow perch.

References

ee also

*List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
*Wilderness Act

External links

* [http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&wname=Tamarac%20Wilderness Tamarac Wilderness] - Wilderness.net
* [http://gorp.away.com/gorp/resource/us_wilderness_area/fws_reg3.htm#tamarac Tamarac Wilderness] - GORP