http://www.hutchinsonleader.com/news/outdoors/new-wildlife-management-area-dedicated-9743 Comments for "New wildlife management area dedicated" en http://www.hutchinsonleader.com/news/outdoors/new-wildlife-management-area-dedicated-9743 <p>About 30 conservation enthusiasts and conservation organization officials gathered Friday afternoon three miles south of Hutchinson for the dedication of McLeod County’s newest wildlife management area.</p> <p>The Mark and Ursel Smith Wildlife Management Area is an 80-acre tract of restored prairie and wetlands now owned by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. It was farm land until purchased more than five years ago by the McLeod County Chapter of Pheasants Forever and the Wildlife Habitat Conservation Society.</p> <br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.hutchinsonleader.com/news/outdoors/new-wildlife-management-area-dedicated-9743">read more</a></p> http://www.hutchinsonleader.com/news/outdoors/new-wildlife-management-area-dedicated-9743#comments Outdoors Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:35:55 -0500 Terry Davis 9743 at http://www.hutchinsonleader.com