Mix of habitats attract wildlife diversity at Iowa’s Big Marsh Wildlife Area near Dumont
Dumont has a front row view of the 614-acre northern section of Big Marsh Wildlife Area and the pheasants, turkeys, ducks, geese, eagles and more wildlife that call the area home.
The recently added parcel southeast of town with a history of flooding, between the West Fork of the Cedar River and Hartgrave Creek, was sold to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) after attempts by multiple landowners to consistently farm it were unsuccessful.
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