SNA part of Bonanza area of Big Stone State Park

Bonanza State Park SNA grazed but not plowed prairie.		   Flowers found on the SNA
  Led plant
   

A look at Big Stone Lake on top of the SNA prairie.
     

Bonanza Area of Big Stone State Park

students nature journaling along a trail.		   students learning with the help of Bonanza Education Center Mike Larson. This is the "fishing beach".
left behind by a molted cicada   Cockle bur plants along the sandy beach indicate how high the water was this spring.  Cocke burs float and then settle with the receding water.
fungi   liverwort
wooly bear, one of the many insects that can be found at Bonanza   slim mold
redbellied snake and a toad   Forest Tent Catepillers have long been a problem at Bonanza Area
     

Flowers along the trails in the Bonanza Area
aster   fall flower
sorrel in bloom    
     

Bird Nests found at Bonanza

duck nest in between two trees on the oak savanna		   Turkey nest in the grassy area near the woods between the nature center and the parking place for the fishing beach.
     
Plant Life
"Jail Tree" or Basswood   Prairie grasses on the Oak Savannah

Meadow Brook Area
 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

  

 

Trailhead that starts at the boatlanding and goes all the way to Bonanza Area

Caleb   This is the trail that you worked on when you were in highschool!

 

  
     
   
The red dots are the boat landings on the State Park  The Brown areas are the Meadowbrook area and the Bonanza area of the park.