This page provides current status for Walk-In Access sites that have been added to or removed from the program after the printed version of the atlas was released OR are effected by emergency grazing/haying, prescribed management, and upgrade/cover disturbances.
Both the online version of the WIA Atlas and the online WIA tile sheets have been updated to reflect these status changes in the table below. The list below will be updated as needed throughout the season. Changes to a site's status will be posted as soon as DNR staff are informed of changes by local SWCD staff.
Status indicators include:
- Open - WIA site is open to hunting but was not included on the printed atlas.
- Closed - WIA site is closed to hunting because the WIA contract has been terminated OR activities to improve the wildlife cover are taking place, but is still on the printed atlas.
- Grazed or Hayed - Landowners for these WIA sites have indicated they MAY utilize emergency haying or grazing activities, or the cover has changed on a portion of the site.
- Prescribed Management - Landowners with lands enrolled in a conservation program, such as CRP or RIM Reserve, have carried out required management activities to improve or maintain the quality of the vegetative cover. These sites may be clipped, hayed, or burned.
- Cover Upgrade/Disturbance - Landowners enrolled in a conservation program are sometimes required to upgrade the cover. These sites may be tilled or have sparse vegetative cover.
- Restricted - WIA site has some restrictions.
WIA Site Name | Atlas Page (Tile#) | Status | Status Comments |
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Becker WIA #273 | 12 (#41) | Grazed or Hayed | 25 acres hayed |
Becker WIA #543 | 12 (#41) | Grazed or Hayed | majority of site hayed |
Becker WIA #544 | 12 (#41) | Grazed or Hayed | 80 acres hayed |
Becker WIA #545 | 12 (#41) | Grazed or Hayed | 79 acres hayed |
Becker WIA #610 | 12 (#41) | Grazed or Hayed | 50 acres hayed |
Bigstone WIA#632 | 24 (#73) | Grazed or Hayed | 60 acres hayed |
Bigstone WIA#752 | 20 (#61) | Grazed or Hayed | 94 acres hayed |
Bigstone WIA#754 | 20 (#61) | Grazed or Hayed | 37 acres hayed |
Clay WIA #339 | 14 (#47) | Grazed or Hayed | ~200 acres hayed |
Clay WIA #407 | 11 (#40) | Grazed or Hayed | majority of site was hayed |
Clay WIA #409 | 11 (#40) | Grazed or Hayed | 100 acres hayed |
Douglas WIA #291 | 20 (#63) | Cover Upgrade/Disturbance | approximately 75 acres have been mowed |
Douglas WIA #445 | 16 (#55) | Cover Upgrade/Disturbance | acreage reduction |
Douglas WIA #684 | 20 (#63) | Cover Upgrade/Disturbance | a portion of the site has been mowed |
Freeborn # 862 | 46 (#98) | Closed | |
Jackson WIA #176 | 42 (#96) | Closed | |
Kandiyohi WIA #252 | 26 (#69) | Closed | |
Kandiyohi WIA #260 | 26 (#69) | Grazed or Hayed | 60 acres hayed |
Kandiyohi WIA #726 | 26 (#69) | Closed | |
Lincoln WIA #217 | 32 (#79) | Closed | |
Lincoln WIA #224 | 32 (#79) | Closed | |
Lincoln WIA #328 | 32 (#79) | Cover Upgrade/Disturbance | approximately 45 acres has been mowed |
Lyon WIA #411 | 31 (#80) | Cover Upgrade/Disturbance | the entire site has been mowed |
Lyon WIA #533 | 31 (#80) | Cover Upgrade/Disturbance | the entire site has been mowed |
Lyon WIA #781 | 31 (#80) | Cover Upgrade/Disturbance | site has been mowed for prairie establishment |
Lyon WIA #788 | 36 (#87) | Cover Upgrade/Disturbance | majority of site has been mowed |
Lyon WIA #851 | 33 (#87) | Grazed or Hayed | 58 acres hayed |
Lyon WIA #858 | 33 (#79) | Grazed or Hayed | hayed 50% of site |
Murray WIA #135 | 38 (#87) | Grazed or Hayed | 72 acres hayed |
Murry WIA #150 | 38 (#87) | Grazed or Hayed | 1/3 of site was hayed |
Murray WIA #770 | 36 (#87) | Cover Upgrade/Disturbance | site has been mowed for prairie establishment |
Murray WIA #878 | 38 (#87) | Closed | |
Nobles WIA #535 | 41 (#95) | Closed | |
Nobles WIA #767 | 41 (#95) | Cover Upgrade/Disturbance | site has been mowed for prairie establishment |
Norman WIA #816 | 8 (#32) | Cover Upgrade/Disturbance | new seeding/clipped 100 acres |
Norman WIA #835 | 8 (#32) | Grazed or Hayed | west 30 acres hayed |
Norman WIA #838 | 8 (#32) | Cover Upgrade/Disturbance | all acres new seeding/clipped |
Norman WIA #845 | 8 (#32) | Cover Upgrade/Disturbance | all acres new seeding/clipped |
Ottertail WIA #578 | 18 (#55) | Cover Upgrade/Disturbance | clipped for CRP management |
Renville WIA #694 | 32 (#81) | Cover Upgrade/Disturbance | mowed |
Stevens WIA #360 | 21 (#62) | Closed | |
Stevens WIA#791 | 21 (#62) | Cover Upgrade/Disturbance | plowed for new seeding next spring |
Traverse WIA #138 | 20 (#61) | Closed | |
Watonwan WIA #264 | 39 (#88) | Closed | |
Watonwan WIA #636 | 39 (#88) | Cover Upgrade/Disturbance | the entire site has been mowed |
Wilkin WIA #313 | 12 (#47) | Cover Upgrade/Disturbance | majority of the site has been mowed |
Yellow Medicine WIA #521 | 26 (#73) | Closed | |
Yellow Medicine WIA#523 | 28 (#79) | Cover Upgrade/Disturbance | New seeding. 40 acres of tilled ground. |
Yellow Medicine WIA #748 | 26 (#73) | Cover Upgrade/Disturbance | mowed |