Cold Spring Heron Colony SNA

 

 

     
 
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Size

 
 

64 acres

 
         
 

Parking

 
 

Park in the lot at the end of 233rd St.

N45 27.690, W94 23.538

 
         
 

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          Stearns County  
          Central Minnesota  
     
 
Activities
 
 

Hiking Trails

 
 

No maintained trails

 
     
 

Hunting

 
 

No hunting

 
     
 
Ecology
 
 

Ecological Classification

  Ecological Classification  
  Ecological Province    

Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province

   
  Ecological Section    

Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal

   
  Ecological Subsection    

Hardwood Hills

   
  Land Type Association    

Vawler Moraine

   
             
 

Native Plant Communities*

   
 

Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Southern)

Silver Maple - Green Ash - Cottonwood Terrace Forest

   
  * Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources      
         
 

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Semi-unrestricted Access

Until recently, access to the area north of the river was by permit only. In 2013, visiting restrictions were dropped. The impracticality of crossing the river to the largest part of the SNA remains.

 

 

 

 

 

 

State Water Trail

The Sauk River State Water Trail passes through the site.

           
 
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Visits

5/9/2012                
 
 

Birds

 
 

One bird species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen here:

Special Concern

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)

 
 

Minnesota DNR Bird checklist

 
 

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)

Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida)

Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)

Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)

House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)

Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)

 

American Goldfinch

Black-capped Chickadee

 
 

Insects and Arachnids

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Insects List

 
 

eastern tent caterpillar moth (Malacosoma americana)

goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis)

orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme)

red admiral (Vanessa atalanta)

  eastern tent caterpillar  
 

Mammals

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Mammals List

 
         
 

Plants

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List

 
 

Plants frequently found in:

Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Southern) UPs13b

Silver Maple - Green Ash - Cottonwood Terrace Forest FFs59a

     
         

 

 

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Missing Birds

Great Blue Herons have not nested on the site since 1989.

 

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