MO-Ionia+Ridge+Conservation+Area


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Benton County
=Ionia Ridge Conservation Area= Ionia, Missouri 65335 Ionia Ridge Conservation Area web site Ionia Ridge Conservation Area map Ionia Ridge Conservation Area brochure

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Ionia Ridge CA
Coordinates: 38.5269502, -93.290062 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Ionia Ridge Conservation Area
From Sedalia, take US-65 south 10 miles, then MO-52 west 1 mile, and Hoffman Road south 0.5 mile. The area is on the east side of Hoffman Road.

This area was an active row-crop and cattle grazing farm prior to the acquisition by the Conservation Department. With the existing native prairie and past history of prairie chicken use, this area was determined to be of great value in the effort to restore prairie chickens and other grassland species back into this landscape. The heavily grazed cool-season pastures also show promise of restoration to prairie remnant habitat. Future management will be directed to enhance those portions of the area. From Ionia Ridge Conservation Area web site

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