Location of Allenton State Wildlife Area within Wisconsin
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Allenton State Wildlife Area (the United States)
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Location
Washington County, Wisconsin, United States
Nearest city
Saint Lawrence, Wisconsin
Coordinates
43°24′N88°20′W / 43.4°N 88.33°W / 43.4; -88.33
Area
1,160 acres (4.7 km2)
Governing body
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
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The Allenton State Wildlife Area is a wildlife area in Wisconsin along the East Branch of the Rock River (Mississippi River) tributary of the Mississippi River in western Washington County, Wisconsin. The area was once a glacial lake and is now a wooded bottomland. It is popular with birders and is part of the Great Wisconsin Birding and Nature Trail.[1] Theresa Marsh and its state wildlife area is to the park's north.[2]
The wildlife area includes habitat used by sandhill crane, marsh wren, swamp sparrow and snow geese. Rare species include the rough-legged hawk, northern harrier, bobolink and American bittern.[2]
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