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Lupine Loop Trail

Lupine Loop Trail is 0.8 miles long consisting of gravel and mowed grass with a photo blind along the backside of the Goose Pool.  Lupine Trail has a diverse gentle rolling terrain with grasslands, savannas, oak / pine forest, and wetland marshes home to plenty of Wisconsin Wildlife.  Goose Pool also known as Goose Flowage is located in the north end of Necedah National Wildlife Refuge next to Sprague Flowage.  These bodies of water are home to Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Brown Bullheads, Pumpkinseed, Blue Gill, Yellow Perch, Crappie and other Panfish.  Both are open to non-motorized boating and fishing certain times of the year; check with the Wildlife Refuge Visitors Center for Details.  The flowages area split by Bewick Road which is loaded with birds of all kinds including; Bald Eagles, Canadian Geese, Sand Hill Cranes, Seagulls, Whopping Cranes, Pelicans, Great Blue Herons, Ducks Song Birds and other shoreline birds and waterfowl.

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Birds, Waterfowl, Hawks, Eagles, Cranes and Birds of Prey that can be see on the Lupine Hiking Trail Loop

  • Eastern Wildlife Turkey
  • Canadian Geese
  • Great Blue Heron
  • Ducks
  • Pelicans
  • Whooping Cranes
  • Sandhill Cranes
  • Bald Eagles
  • Wood Peckers
  • Cooper’s Hawk
  • Black Tern
  • Song Birds
  • Robins
  • Ring Necked Ducks
  • Mallard Ducks
  • American Wigeon
  • Redhead
  • Cardinals
  • Turkey Vultures
  • Osprey
  • Northern Harrier
  • Barred Owl
  • Golden Eagle
  • Red-Tailed Hawk
  • American Kestrel
  • Bobolink 

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Types of Wisconsin Wildlife & Animals

  • White-Tail Deer
  • Eastern Wildlife Turkey
  • Black Bear
  • Beaver
  • Musk Rats
  • Coyotes
  • Timber Wolves
  • Badgers
  • River Otters
  • Fishers
  • Squirrels
  • Chipmunks

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Types of Fish

  • Northern Pike
  • Largemouth Bass
  • Pumpkin Seed
  • Bluegill
  • Yellow Perch
  • Crappies
  • Brown Bullheads

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Reptiles, Amphibians & Insects

  • Turtles
  • Frogs
  • Toads
  • Snakes
  • Karner Blue Butterfly
  • Monarch Butterflies
  • Ringed Boghaurnter Dragonfly
  • Five Lined Skink
  • Green Darner
  • Milk Snake
  • Water Scopion
  • Brown Bats
  • Garden Snakes
  • Pine Snakes
  • Snapping Turtle
  • Painted Turtle

 

Necedah National Wildlife Refuge is located in Necedah Township, Kingston Township, Cutler Township, and Finley Township of Juneau County just west of Necedah, WI. 54646.    The refuge is a little under 70 square miles of wildlife habitat with 6 Trails, several named bodies of water including: Goose Pool, Sprague Pool, Harvey Pond, Suk Flowage, Cerney Flowage, Mather Flowage, Yellow River, Rynearson Flowage and more…  Hiking, Hunting and Fishing is allowed in certain areas, certain times of the year so check with the Necedah Wildlife Visitors Center located on Headquarters Road.  Not too far from the wildlife area is WI’s 2nd & 4th largest inland bodies of water Lake Petenwell and Castle Rock Lake both part of the Wisconsin River Flowage System.

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Necedah National Wildlife Refuge Lupine Trails