This area provides habitat for wood ducks, furbearers, deer, wild turkey, winter cover for pheasants and a home for many psecies of songbirds. Brushy Bayou is one of the largest public timber tracts in Palo Alto County. Silver Maple, Green Ash, Cottonwood and Dogwood are dominant trees and shrubs. You may find a Great Blue Heron nesting high in the trees.
Location
Five miles southeast of Emmetsburg.
Features
Hiking trail, fishing and hunting.