Sportsmen and Sportswomen

Sheboygan Marsh Wildlife Area

Sheboygan Marsh Wildlife Area lies in northwestern Sheboygan County, just one mile west and north of Elkhart Lake. It covers over half of the townships of Russell and Greenbush. The area historically known as Sheboygan Marsh includes over 14,000…

Shaw Marsh Wildlife Area

Shaw Marsh Wildlife Area (900 acres) is centered around a 700-acre emergent wetland through which flows Shaw Brook. Shaw Brook along with other waterways entering the marsh, were ditched and straightened in the early 1900s in an attempt to farm the…

New Richmond Wildlife Area

Scuppernong River Habitat Area

Observation towers and Trumpeter Trail of Sandhill Wildlife Area

The Trumpeter Trail is now open for the season.Call our office at 715-884-2437 for the current status of the Trumpeter Trail.The Trumpeter Trail will close at sunset on Nov. 5, 2025, for the winter and reopen in April 2026. Please check this…

Sandhill settlement era

Wildlife and native habitats of this region have endured incredible changes during the past 150 years. Prior to settlement, wildfires were a dominant force influencing the composition and abundance of plant and animal life throughout Wisconsin.…

Sandhill Wildlife Area's Natural history and management

Sandhill Wildlife Area is managed as a wildlife demonstration area, a living laboratory used by wildlife biologists and researchers who test new wildlife management techniques designed to increase the abundance and diversity of wildlife native…

Sandhill game farm and the Grange era

During the peak of the Great Depression in the 1930s, an entrepreneur named Wallace Grange and his wife, Hazel purchased 9,460 acres of abandoned, tax-delinquent "wasteland." Before purchasing the land that would eventually become Sandhill…

Geology of Sandhill Wildlife Area

Sandhill Wildlife Area lies within the bed of historic Glacial Lake Wisconsin, which covered parts of Wood County and six neighboring counties. The lake formed out of the yearly runoff of meltwater from the great continental glaciers that…

Sandhill outdoor skills calendar

The Sandhill Outdoor Skills Center provides a variety of educational activities in the wide and wild world of wildlife recreation. Wildlife staff, volunteers and guest instructors conduct various workshops each year, primarily on weekends.…