Rustic Road Gallery - Studio & Nature Center
Spring 2025 Tiffany Bottoms Birding Train Ride
$45.00
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May 17, 2025 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
The Chippewa Valley Motor Car Association entrance and parking lot is located approximately 4 miles south of Durand on the east side of Highway 25, directly across from Thibodeau Road.
Looking forward to seeing you on May 17th, boarding at 8:00 AM, rain or shine. Your ticket order will ad you and your guests to the boarding list. No physical ticket will be necessary.
Snacks and bottled water provided.
Proceeds are designated for stream bank restoration and stabilization on a local creek reducing sediment in the stream and Lake Pepin.
Hey everyone, my name is Garrett Wee and I grew up in Marshall, Minnesota. My love for the outdoors began when I would accompany my grandparents on fishing trips. I was always fascinated by the diversity of fish and my interest in birds began shortly after as I always found myself watching the birds at their bird feeders and eventually convinced my parents to install bird feeders at their house! Around that same time I had also taken an interest in deer and waterfowl hunting. By the time I was in high school my entire free time was devoted to birding, hunting or fishing; usually attempting to multitask and do more than one at a time!
I later attended Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall and graduated with a double major in Biology and Environmental Sciences. After several years of job searching, I finally found my dream job working at Anderson Engineering LLC as a Wetland Scientist/consultant and get to spend the summer months working outdoors! I currently live in Maplewood, Minnesota with my wife Carley. I’m thrilled to lead the train ride to the Tiffany Bottoms and hope you can join us!
Tiffany Bottoms State Natural Area is a small portion of the most extensive river delta in the Midwest and contains a representative portion of the larger Tiffany Bottoms floodplain forest. The site captures the transition between the typical floodplain forest of silver maple, river birch, ashes, and basswood in the southern portion and the more oak-dominated forest in the northern part (swamp white, bur, and black). Soil types also change, from sandy outwash in the north to sand with accumulations of silty alluvium in the south. The bottoms abound in wildlife.
Besides the typical game species, the area contains rare and uncommon raptors, warblers as well as great-blue herons, pileated woodpeckers, and blue-gray gnatcatcher. The State Natural Area is part of an extensive 8,000-acre beaver/otter closed area, which has been maintained in the Tiffany Wildlife Area since 1956. The closed area was established in recognition of the fact that beavers are a very important habitat-altering species that can have very positive impacts on other wetland-dependent plants and animals. Maintaining this closed area is an important tool for maintaining this diverse wetland complex. Tiffany Bottoms is owned by the DNR and was designated a State Natural Area in 1958.
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