The most biodiverse area in Minnesota, the Southeast Blufflands feature a deeply dissected plateau forming towering bluffs, some stretching over 600 feet high, with spectacular goat prairies dotting south and southwest facing slopes.
Colloquially known as the “Driftless Area” it was largely untouched by the most recent glacial advances in Minnesota, and the Mississippi River and its tributaries carved the dramatic scenic landscape here. The unique karst topography is distinct for its sinkholes and caves created through the dissolution of the thinly covered underlying soluble bedrock (like limestone) which is common across the Southeast. Fountain, MN is even known as the “Sinkhole Capital of the United States”!
Important species in the area include the timber rattlesnake, peregrine falcon, sturgeon, Blanding’s turtle, and Louisiana waterthrush. Once a threatened species, the rare Pleistocene land snail also calls Southeast Minnesota home.
Some of the most spectacular views in our whole state can be found in the Blufflands of Southeast Minnesota. Untouched by glaciers, these high bluffs and deep valleys have been carved over the years by the Mississippi River and its tributaries, leading to the unique and beautiful landscape that you can see today. The unique [...]
We’re very proud to tell you about a new easement located southeast of Houston, Minnesota that fits into adjacent state forest land like a key fits in a lock. “I am excited about these 275-acres of land because it’s surrounded on three sides by 3,300 acres of the Richard J. Dorer Memorial Forest’s Reno Unit,” [...]
Birds, trout, school kids, paddlers. That’s just the start of the list of those that benefit from the Root River watershed. And now 86 acres of forest, wetlands and open water are protected forever […]
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