This is where the land and the water meet but it is not one or the other, it is a wetland. It’s a mothering ecosystem creating and protecting habitats for species in nutrient-rich calm waters. This habitat features species frequently found in a marsh and highlights one of the largest wetlands (240,000 acres) of the Mississippi River watershed, the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge (UMRNWFR). Animals are selected to illustrate the diversity of species that rely on the River’s backwaters, and as a nursery to grow out species for larger aquariums.

 

Species: 

Birds: Wood Duck,  Goldeneye, 
Fish: Sunfish, Crappie, Walleye, Bass, Gar, Catfish, Sucker

Turtles: Mud Turtles, Musk Turtles, Softshells, Sliders, Map Turtles