MO-Wah'kon-tah+Prairie

=Wah'kon-tah Prairie= El Dorado Springs, Missouri 64744 Wah'kon-tah Prairie Website Wah'kon-tah Prairie Map Wah'kon-tah Prairie Brochure
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Wah'Kon-Tah Prairie (Cedar Co.)
Coordinates: 37.8924394, -93.9980793 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Wah'kon-tah Prairie
Coordinates: 37.8995056, -94.0214694 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Tips for birding Wah'kon-tah Prairie
From Audubon Society of Missouri Birder's Guide

About Wah'kon-tah Prairie
Wah'Kon-Tah Prairie is 2.5 miles northeast of El Dorado Springs on MO-82.

This is a prairie area with two small, fishable ponds. Wah'Kon-Tah Prairie is a remnant of the prairie ecosystem that once covered more than one-quarter of Missouri. It is also home to plants and animals that are specially adapted for life on the open prairie. Less than one-half of one percent of original prairie remains in Missouri making some of these species increasingly rare.

Managers use prescribed burning, grazing, and other tools to simulate historic disturbances that maintain healthy grasslands and limit the negative impacts of invasive plants, including trees, which were historically uncommon here. Management priorities include providing nesting and brood-rearing habitat for Greater prairie chickens, bobwhite quail, and grassland birds such as Henslow's sparrow and upland sandpiper.

Monitoring and management for a number of lesser known species is also important. Some species may include: Mead's milkweed, prairie mole crickets, Regal fritillary butterflies, pink katydid, northern crawfish frog, slender glass lizard, Bell's vireo, grasshopper sparrow, Loggerhead shrike, short-eared owl, and Northern harrier. From Wah'kon-tah Prairie Website

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