Spring Run Complex WMA--190th St.

Spring Run Complex WMA--190th St.

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About this Location

A mix of restored prairie and grasslands, with restored prairie pothole wetlands
Northeast of Milford in northeast Dickinson Co. Out of Milford, take A-34 east four miles to M-56/260th Ave. Proceed north on M-56 three miles to 190th St., and continue north 1/4 mile to the parking area on the west side of the road.
This is a tract of restored prairie grasslands and pothole wetlands. It part of the much larger Spring Run Complex, for fuller description of habitat and birdlife, please go to the list for the Spring Run Complex on this website.
This is a public hunting area.

About Spring Run Bird Conservation Area

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Spring Run Wetlands Complex has been named one of DNR's new Bird Conservation Areas, for its significant contribution to large-scale habitat protection for declining bird species. Its classic prairie-pothole landscape offers nesting habitat for countless waterfowl, cryptic marsh birds, grassland raptors and neotropical migrant songbirds.

Spring Run Wetlands Bird Conservation Area is easily accessed from Iowa Highway 9, 2 1/2 mi. east of the City of Spirit Lake. Turn south on graveled road and continue 2 mi. to reach the northern portions of this 3,500-acre area. It may also be reached by following County Highway M56 south 5 miles from Higway 9 just east of the bridge over East Okoboji Lake, or by following County Highway A34 east 2 1/2 mi. from Arnolds Park. The area consists of several large and small tracts scattered over a 15 sq. mi area, with plenty of road access to all parcels

Features

  • Roadside viewing

  • Entrance fee

Content from Iowa Ornithologists' Union and Spring Run BCA