When travelers stay at the Smoland Prairie Homestead Inn outside Grantsburg in northwestern Wisconsin, many of them head straight for the nearby Crex Meadows Wildlife Area. And for good reason. The ...

Northeast of Minnesota's Twin Cities is a 30,000 acre wildlife oasis called Crex Meadows. A part of Wisconsin's scenic Indianhead Country, Crex Meadows Wildlife Area is located in Burnett County, just ...

The Crex Meadows Wildlife Festival is happening today at the Crex Meadows State Wildlife Area near Grantsburg, Wis. The event includes free, guided 90-minute bus tours at 11 a.m.,1 p.m., 3 p.m. and 5 ...

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GRANTSBURG, Wis. — Sandhill cranes came in by the dozens, and then dozens more, to the grassy marsh of Crex Meadows Wildlife Area. They had spent the day feeding in nearby fields and now were arriving ...

GRANTSBURG - Duke Tucker used to start his day at 5:30 a.m., flushing the sediment out of his water tank in his home's backyard so that he and his family didn't have to use the discolored water that ...

Early-arriving sandhill cranes have darkened their feathers with mud, creating camouflage to help them hide in marsh grasses. MinnPost’s reporters work hard to bring you news about what’s happening in ...

Hundreds of Sandhill Cranes are staging at Crex Meadows Wildlife Area north of Grantsburg, Wisconsin, as they prepare for migration. The birds roost in Crex wetlands at night, leaving at sunup to feed ...

Sharp-tailed Grouse were resident birds for years at Crex Meadows wildlife area north of Grantsburg, Wis. This was the close place to the Twin Cities to see these birds. Then, no more. The population ...