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Horicon Marsh International Education Center

statistics
  • Horicon Marsh covers 32,000 acres
  • The Horicon Marsh State Wildlife Area covers 11,000 acres, www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/land/wildlife/reclands/horicon/
  • The Horicon National Wildlife Refuge covers 21,000 acres in the northern marsh section, http://refuges.fws.gov/profiles/index.cfm?id=32520
  • A Wetland of International Importance (designation June 29, 1991) www.ramsar.org
  • A Globally Important Bird Area www.abcbirds.org/ibal/
  • One of 9 units of the Ice Age National Scientific Reserve (IANSR) www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/parks/icag/
  • 12,000 years of Native American pre-history recorded at the Marsh
  • More than 500,000 annual visitors to the Marsh
  • Over 62 scientific delegations have visited from 39 foreign countries
  • More than 290 species of birds have been observed at the Marsh
  • Over 4 miles of hiking trails available to visitors
  • Located within a 3 hour drive of more than 12 million potential visitors

Click here for Marsh Education Center Programs:

Naturalist Programs

Horicon Marsh Lecture Series

Movies at the Marsh