Invasive Species
This invasive shrub forms dense thickets in the understory of forests and keeps its dark green leaves long into the fall.
What is buckthorn?
A place where you can fill your water bottle at the visitor center.
What is the bathroom sink?
Big bluestem, little bluestem, hairy grama, side-oats grama, prairie dropseed, hairy woodland brome, forked three-awn.
What are prairie grasses?
The number of eggs, on average, that a female bluebird lays. (4, 5, 6, 7)
What is 4 or 5?
189 people attended this inaugural special event in April.
What is Maple Syrup Day?
These injuries are caused by wild parsnip when people touch it.
What are severe skin burns (phytophotodermatitis)?
The reward is a patch with a fox on it.
What is the Junior Ranger program?
A bird that declined by 95% in MN in the past 60 years, but graced the park with its presence until May of this year.
What is a Red-headed Woodpecker?
The 3 largest mammal species in the park.
What are black bears, gray wolves, white-tailed deer, and humans?
This organization has been hosting EarthFest (formerly Seegwan) at the park for 43 years.
What is Friends of Wild River State Park?
People who don't want kisses eat this invasive plant, most commonly as pesto.
What is garlic mustard?
These loops have electric campsites.
What are the C and D lanes?
The vessel most commonly used to collect seeds in the park.
What is an ice cream pail?
This mammal is the main topic for new interpretive programs in 2026, and recently received a house as a present.
What is a bat (Little Brown Bat)?
This type of artistic installation is the main work of the 2025 artist-in-residence.
What is a sound garden?