Fragmented Prairies and Grasslands: Lake Johanna Esker Preserve

Fragmented Prairies and Grasslands: Reconnecting Habitats through Collaborative Partnerships, a 2022 Stewardship in Action Field Workshop, explored various grassland conservation and management strategies, along with the partnerships required to make them successful. Many great Minnesota prairie treasures were explored, including the Lake Johanna Esker Preserve.
The preserve is named for its esker, one of the few protected in Minnesota and accessible to the public-a 70-foot high serpentine ridge of sand and gravel deposited by a stream that flowed below the ice of a retreating glacier and now provides a commanding view of the surrounding Ordway-Glacial Lakes landscape. The landscape includes dry sand-gravel prairie, marsh, and basswood-burr oak forest.
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