Brooks Nature Area a Marshall park with trails and history
Brooks Nature Area in Marshall offers nearly three miles of flat trails a lake overlook and new pavilion at the Trail Head plus restrooms Benches and wildlife viewing including Canada geese mallard wood ducks swans loons and many songbirds The land was acquired in 1969 and became a City of Marshall park in 2006 with portions formerly farmed since 1832 See BROOKS page 11.
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Based on 1873 maps, Stuart and Brace Lakes were a single 1.5 by 2 mile lake before drainage created two. In 2006 an 88 acre BNA area was removed from farming to form native prairie. Four one acre plots were planted for wildlife. 97 acres remain hedge rows wetlands lake shore and woods. Waterfowl like bufflehead frequent during migrations.
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