Horicon Marsh is a marsh located in northern Dodge and southern Fond du Lac counties of Wisconsin. It is the site of both a national and a state wildlife refuge. The extinct glacial lake is the largest freshwater cattail marsh in the United States.
Geological history
Horicon Marsh was created by the Green Bay lobe of the Wisconsin glaciation during the Pleistocene era. The glacier, during its advance created many drumlins (a type of knoll) in the region, many of which have become the islands of Horicon Marsh. The marsh and surrounding Dodge County have the highest concentration of drumlins in the world.
During the glacier's retreat, a moraine was created, forming a natural dam holding back the waters from the melting glacier and forming Glacial Lake Horicon. The Rock River slowly eroded the moraine, and the lake drained. As the levels of silt, clay and peat accumulated in the former lake's basin, the Horicon Marsh was formed.
The Horicon Marsh State Wildlife Area is one of nine units of the Ice Age National Scientific Reserve system, being considered to contain unique, representative evidence of the Ice Age of the Pleistocene era.
Candlelight hike and ski events have become an annual tradition for many around Wisconsin... December. Dec ... 5.30-8 p.m. January. Jan ... 18, Horicon Marsh EducationCenter, Horicon ... Members of the Horicon Marsh Bird Club will be calling for owls on the trails.
Duck hunting at Horicon Marsh. A duck hunter and his dog ride on a skiff in a channel through cattails at Horicon Marsh StateWildlifeArea in Horicon, Wisconsin... 26 on the south side of Horicon Marsh.
12, 2023 ...Bonus visit ... Horicon Marsh, a 33,000-acre wetland, is in the Mayville area. In fall (and spring), it's a great place to visit to see hundreds of thousands of ducks and tens of thousands of geese as they migrate through the marsh.Oconomowoc.
Monitoring and banding Kirtland's warblers in Wisconsin... Researchers monitor and band the bird in Adams County ... Wisconsin has more than 300 birding hotspots, including wildlife areas like the Horicon Marsh and the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center.
No ...Next game. Thursday, Sept ... Friday, Sept ... North Fond du Lac (1-1)Mayville 47, Horicon/Hustisford 14. HORICON - The Cardinals improved to 2-0 with a Marsh Bowl win over "Husticon" in the 88th meeting overall - one of the oldest rivalries in the state.
Here are 11 plants to attract hummingbirds to your garden. Plan your hummingbird garden using these 11 plants ...Wisconsin has more than 300 birding hotspots, including wildlife areas like the Horicon Marsh and the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center.
On Friday, I landed in Chicago...Everyone was smiling ... The Horicon Marsh was on the way too, and all the county back roads that took me to and fro were actually Native American trails nearly 1,300 years old. And in Horicon, John Deere lives ... That’s why ... .
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A group of legislators, farmers and conservationists studying how to control Wisconsin’s sandhill crane population is set to hold its first meeting next month ... 1 at the Horicon Marsh StateWildlifeArea ... Listen now and subscribe ... .
About 14 miles long and 5 miles across at its widest, Horicon Marsh is located an hour northeast of Madison... fws.gov/refuge/horicon and horiconmarsh.org; The Horicon Marsh Bird Club’s Facebook page lists current migrations and special events.
He maintains about 200 nest boxes on private land and a few public properties, including Horicon Marsh StateWildlifeArea where he works as a DNR wildlife technician.
