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IMC078
GOOSE LAKE
- Location:
- Hebron Township (T46N,R7E) Sections 10,11
Size: 160 acres (est.)
- Natural Resources
- Communities:
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- Rare Plants:
- none
- Rare Animals:
- Chlidonias niger/Black tern (E) & FED-SC
- Grus canadensis/Sandhill crane (E)
- Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus/Yellow-headed blackbird (E)
- Ixobrychus exilis/Least bittern (E)
- Gallinula chloropus/Common moorhen (T)
- Podilymbus podiceps/Pied-billed grebe (T)
- Porzana carolina/Sora (W-SU)
- Rallus limicola/Virginia rail (W-SU)
Other Significant Features:
Protection Status:
- Part protected by MCCD
- Part unprotected
Management Problems:
- Siltation
- Water table alteration (tile drainage)
- Erratic use by wetland wildlife-lack of consistent interspersion
- Reed canary grass
- Purple loosestrife
