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Kettelson Hogsback Park

The 2,040-acre Kettleson Hogsback Wildlife Management Area reaches from the west shores of Big Spirit Lake northwest to the Minnesota state line.  A native prairie, this never-been-plowed treasure is home to white lady slippers, prairie fringed orchid, prairie bush clover, wooly milkweed and porcupine grass.  It is one of the most bird-rich of any areas of Iowa with more than 270 species identified. In the winter Kettelson Hogsback is a snow shoe and cross country ski paradise.

Learn more about Kettleson Hogsback Park at https://www.iowadnr.gov/About-DNR/DNR-News-Releases/ArticleID/1931/Kettleson-Hogsback-is-like-nowhere-else-in-Iowa