Fish Lake Wildlife Area | |
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Fish Lake State Wildlife Area | |
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape) | |
Location | Burnett County, Wisconsin |
Nearest city | Grantsburg, WI |
Coordinates | 45°42′44″N 92°44′15″W / 45.71222°N 92.73750°W |
Area | 13,649 acres (55.24 km2) |
Established | 1946 |
Governing body | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |
The Fish Lake Wildlife Area(FLWA) is a 13,649 acres (5,524 ha) tract of protected land located in Burnett County, Wisconsin, managed by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR).[1] Lands to be included in the wildlife area were first purchased in 1945 with the goal of restoring the conditions of the general area to what was observed in 1850, right before the first human settlements reached the area. The FLWA is made up of three separate areas, the 13,609 acres (5,507 ha) Fish Lake Habitat Management Area, the 40 acres (16 ha) Fish Lake Pines State Natural Area and the Grettum Flowage Wildlife Refuge zone.