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Schmeeckle Reserve, Stevens Point, WI

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Schmeeckle Reserve

A 280-acre university natural area with trails, a lake, and wildlife habitats, managed by UW-Stevens Point's College of Natural Resources.

2419 North Point Drive, Stevens Point, WI 54481 · Stevens Point, WI

About Schmeeckle Reserve

Schmeeckle Reserve is a natural area of about 280 acres on the campus of UW-Stevens Point in central Wisconsin. Much of the campus is kept as green space to protect local ecological communities. Visitors can walk about five miles of trails and boardwalks, pass a 24-acre lake, and see many habitats that support wildlife. The College of Natural Resources runs the Reserve to restore ecosystems, teach outdoors, and offer recreation. The Reserve was set aside in 1977 as an environmental laboratory and remains open to the public.

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