0920 Fellenz Woods River View Traditional Cache
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0920 Fellenz Woods River View
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This hike is over 1 mile round trip, but it is an easy and scenic walk on a flat, grassy trail, and the view at the cache site is rewarding. You are searching for an ammo box. STAY ON THE TRAILS!!
Fellenz Woods is a protected sensitive nature preservation area, so stay on the trail to protect the prairie!! Hunting is allowed in certain areas, so wear blaze orange if you search during deer hunting season. There is a parking lot for Fellenz Woods on Decorah Road.
This cache was initially placed as part of the West Bend Cache Ba$h. Don't forget to stamp your booklet and please leave the stamp behind for the next finder. This cache is available in winter, but could be difficult with heavy snowfall.
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Fellenz Woods is a 162-acre parcel of undeveloped land, protected and preserved by the Ozaukee Washington Land Trust (OWLT). The following information is directly from OWLT:
On the northern part of the site is a 50-acre floodplain forest, which serves as a wonderful example of what the river shoreline looked like before European settlement. Never ravaged by fire, farmed or heavily logged, it remains very rich and especially diverse in tree species, including swamp white oak, hackberry and black and green ash. The forest is valuable as wildlife habitat for amphibians, forest interior birds and waterfowl. Also found in the woodland is a blue heron rookery, one of only about 12 known sites in southeast Wisconsin.
On the southern edge of the site is a 15-acre lowland forest, containing both hardwood and conifer swamp elements. Numerous springs in this area contribute a high volume of groundwater to the Milwaukee River.
The remaining 95 acres consists of a wet meadow, a shallow pond and farm fields. For much of this area, a hardwood forest will be allowed to reestablish. For the remainder, a grassland community is planned.
For further information about the protected lands of the OWLT, visit their website at (visit link)
*** Permission to place this cache granted by Shawn Graff, Executive Director of the OWLT.
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