Pig’s Eye Island Heron Rookery SNA

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		Ramsey County
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100 acres

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N44 52.866, W93 1.084

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Hunting

No hunting

Ecological Classification

Province

Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province

Section

Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal

Subsection(s)

St. Paul-Baldwin Plains

Land Type Association(s)

Pig’s Eye Alluvial Plain

Native Plant Communities¹

Black Ash - Yellow Birch - Red Maple - Basswood Swamp (Eastcentral)

Northern Bulrush - Spikerush Marsh

Silver Maple - (Virginia Creeper) Floodplain Forest

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Minnesota DNR

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Pig’s Eye Island
Pig’s Eye Island is home both to Minnesota’s largest heron rookery and to Minnesota’s largest sewage treatment plant. The island is a swampy floodplain forest dominated by plains cottonwood silver maple. Access is by boat only.

The site is closed to the public from Aprl 1 through July 15 to protect nesting birds. During this time a permit is required to visit the island.

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Birds	Two bird species with conservation status in Minnesota and one tracked species have been seen here:
	Special concern	American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri)

	Tracked	Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

	Minnesota DNR Bird checklist

Plants	Plants frequently found in: Black Ash - Yellow Birch - Red Maple - Basswood Swamp (Eastcentral) WFn55b Northern Bulrush - Spikerush Marsh MRn93 Silver Maple - (Virginia Creeper) Floodplain Forest FFs68a

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