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Florence County

 

Florence County in the state's northeastern corner is as wild and natural as Wisconsin gets. Nearly half the county's natural charm is preserved in national and county forests. The 8,850-acre Spread Eagle Barrens Sate Natural Area is a birder's paradise. The Pine, Popple, and Peshtigo Rivers are gems for whitewater canoeists.

Florence County includes:

Alvin Fence
Florence Long Lake
Nelma Popple River
Tipler

TRAVELOGUES

Confessions of a Reluctant Birder

Confessions of a Reluctant Birder I'll admit it. I had a bias against birding. Somehow when people mention birding I have a tendency to think more of Wally Cox than the Crocodile Hunter. Somehow the idea of spending an afternoon in the woods saying things like, "Hey honey, isn't that a Prairie Chicken over there," had struck me as kind of silly.
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