Balsam Branch Wildlife Area
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)^[1]
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Location	Polk County, Wisconsin
Nearest city	Balsam Lake, Wisconsin
Coordinates	45°21′49″N 92°27′59″W / 45.363578°N 92.466321°W / 45.363578; -92.466321
Area	180 acres (73 ha)^[2]
Established	1967
Governing body	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

The Balsam Branch Wildlife Area is a 180 acres (73 ha) tract of protected land in central Polk County, Wisconsin, managed by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR).^[3] The wildlife area is characterized by marshland, prairie fields, and a pond set in the center of the property.

Overview

In 1967, the entire plot of land was donated to the WDNR to be conserved, with a focus on the stock of turkey, deer, and various waterfowl native to Wisconsin.^[4] The property is frequented by birdwatchers.^[5]

The lake at the center of the property is unnamed, and has an area of 13 acres (5.3 ha).^[6]

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Protected areas of Wisconsin

Protected areas of Wisconsin

National Park Service	Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Ice Age National Scientific Reserve Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
National Forests	Chequamegon–Nicolet
National Wildlife Refuges	Driftless Area Fox River Gravel Island Green Bay Hackmatack Horicon Marsh Necedah Trempealeau Upper Mississippi River Whittlesey Creek
National Trails	Ice Age Trail Timms Hill Trail North Country Trail
National Estuarine Research Reserves	Lake Superior
National Marine Sanctuaries	Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast
National Wild and Scenic Rivers	St. Croix River Wolf River
National Wilderness Preservation System	Blackjack Springs Gaylord Nelson Headwaters Porcupine Lake Rainbow Lake Whisker Lake Wisconsin Islands

State Parks	Amnicon Falls Aztalan Belmont Mound Big Bay Big Foot Beach Blue Mound Brunet Island Buckhorn Capital Springs Copper Culture Copper Falls Council Grounds Devil's Lake Governor Dodge Governor Nelson Governor Thompson Grand Traverse Island Harrington Beach Hartman Creek Heritage Hill High Cliff Holzhueter Farm Interstate Kinnickinnic Kohler-Andrae Lake Kegonsa Lake Wissota Lakeshore Lizard Mound Menominee River Merrick Mill Bluff Mirror Lake Natural Bridge Nelson Dewey New Glarus Woods Newport Pattison Peninsula Perrot Potawatomi Rib Mountain Roche-a-Cri Rock Island Rocky Arbor Straight Lake Tower Hill Whitefish Dunes Wildcat Mountain Willow River Wyalusing Yellowstone Lake
State Natural Areas	Ableman's Gorge Abraham's Woods Adiantum Woods Albany Sand Prairie & Oak Savanna Allen Creek Wetlands Allequash Lake Alvin Creek Headwaters Ancient Aztalan Village Anvil Lake Trail Apostle Islands Critical Species Apostle Islands Maritime Cliffs Apostle Islands Maritime Forest Apostle Islands Sandscape Apostle Islands Yew Forest Apple River Canyon Arbutus Oaks Arena Pines and Sand Barrens Argonne Experimental Forest Atkins Lake & Hiles Swamp Audubon Goose Pond Aurora Lake Avoca River-Bottom Prairie Avon Bottoms Badfish Creek Wet Prairie & Spring Seeps Baileys Harbor Boreal Forest and Wetlands Bakken's Pond Baraboo River Floodplain Forest Bark Bay Slough Barksdale Ponds Barneveld Prairie Barney Creek Bass Hollow Bass Lake Fen Bass Lake Peatlands Bass Lake Preserve Bastile Lake Battle Bluff Prairie Battle Creek Hemlocks Bauer-Brockway Barrens Baxter's Hollow Bay City Mine Bayshore Blufflands Bean Lake Bear Beach Bear Bluff Bear Caves Bear Creek Cave Bear Creek Hemlocks Bear Creek Sedge Meadow Bear Lake Sedge Meadow Bear Lake Slough Bearsdale Creek & Hyatt Springs Beaver Brook Beaver Creek Belden Swamp Belmont Mound Belmont Prairie Berg Prairie and Billy Goat Ridge Bergen Bluffs Berlin Fen Beulah Bog Bibon Swamp Big and Little Marsh Big Bay Sand Spit and Bog Big Beaver Meadow Big Eau Pleine Woods Big Island Big Manitou Falls Big Rock Pines Big Swamp Big Swamp Tamarack Fen Bittersweet Lakes Black Creek Bog Black Earth Rettenmund Prairie Black Lake Bog Black River Savanna Black Tern Bog Blackhawk Island Blackjack Springs Bloch Oxbow Blomberg Lake Blue Hills Felsenmeer Blue River Bluffs Blue River Sand Barrens Blue Swamp Blueberry Swamp Blueberry Trail Bluff Creek Bogus Swamp Bohn Lake Bonita Country Borah Creek Prairie Border Lakes Borst Valley Sedge Meadow Boscobel Bluffs Bradley Creek Swamp Conifers Brady's Bluff Prairie Brant Brook Pines Brockway Ponds Brooks Bluff Browntown Oak Forest Brule Glacial Spillway Brule River Boreal Forest Brule River Cliffs Brule Rush Lake Brunsweiler River and Mineral Lake Brush Creek Hemlocks Buckhorn Barrens Buena Vista Prairie Chicken Meadow Buena Vista Quarry Prairie Buffalo River Trail Prairies Butler Lake and Flynn's Spring Cady's Marsh Camp Five Lake Camp Lake and Pines Camp Nine Pines Camp Three Lake Canoe Landing Prairie Caroline Lake Carver-Roehl Woods Caryville Savanna Cassville Bluffs Castle Mound Pine Forest Catfish Eddy Terraces Cathedral Pines Catherine Lake Hemlock-Hardwoods Cave Point-Clay Banks Cedar Grove Hawk Research Station Cedarburg Beech Woods Cedarburg Bog Centennial Bedrock Glade Charles Pond Chequamegon Hardwoods Cherney Maribel Caves Cherokee Marsh Cherry Lake Sedge Meadow Chimney Rock Oak Opening Chippewa Moraine Lakes Chippewa Trail Chiwaukee Prairie Chub and Mud Lake Riverine Marsh Chub Lake Oak Savanna Clifford Messinger Dry Prairie & Savanna Preserve Clover Valley Fen Coffee Swamp Comstock Bog-Meadow Coon Creek Cliffs Coon Fork Barrens Copper Falls County Line Barrens and Forest Cranberry Creek Mound Group Crandon Ribbed Fen Crex Sand Prairie Crooked Lake Wetlands Cudahy Woods Cylon Dalles of the St. Croix River Day Lake Deansville Fen Deer Creek Tamarack Bog Deer Fly Swamp Deer Island Deer Mountain Dells of the Eau Claire River Dells of the Wisconsin River Detroit Harbor Devil's Backbone Devil's Lake Oak Forest Devine Lake & Mishonagon Creek Dewey Heights Prairie Dewey Marsh Diamond Lake Diamond Roof Doering Woods Dorothy Lake Dory's Bog and Hunt Hill Drummond Woods Dry Lake Dunbar Barrens Dunn Lake Dunnville Barrens Dupage Lake Peatlands Durst Rockshelter Dwight's Point and Pokegama Wetlands Eagle Centre Prairie Eagle Eye Eagle Oak Opening East Bluff East Fork Chippewa River East Fork of the Black River Echo Lake Eighteen Mile Creek Ekdall Wetlands Elk River Valley Ellison Bluff Emmons Creek Barrens Empire Prairies Empire Swamp English Lake Hemlocks Enterprise Hemlocks Ericson Creek Forest and Wetlands Eureka Maple Woods Europe Bay Woods Fair Meadows Fairy Chasm Fairyland Farmington Bottoms Faville Prairie Fern Dell Gorge Ferry Bluff Finnerud Pine Forest Fish Lake Meadow Fish Lake Pines Five Mile Barrens Five-Mile Bluff Prairie Flambeau River Hardwood Forest Flambeau Wetlands Flat Lake Flora Spring Pond Flume Creek Cedars Forbes Springs Fort McCoy Foulds Creek Fountain Creek Wet Prairie Fourmile Island Rookery Fox Maple Woods Franklin and Butternut Lakes Franklin Savanna French Creek Fen French Creek North Frog Lake and Pines Gasner Hollow Prairie Genesse Oak Opening and Fen Germain Hemlocks Germania Wet Prairie Ghost Lake Giant White Pine Grove Gibraltar Rock Glenn Creek Barrens Glocke Lake Gobler Lake Goose Lake Goose Lake Drumlins Gotham Jack Pine Barrens Grand Island Grandma Lake Grassy Lake Great River Trail Prairies Hagar Mountain Haley Creek Swamp Half Moon Bottoms Hanson Lake Wetlands Hardscrabble Prairie Haskell Noyes Memorial Woods Hawkins Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Hawkinson Creek Wet Prairie Haymeadow Creek Haymeadow Flowage Headwater Lakes Hedmark Pines Hemlock Draw High Cliff Escarpment Highway K Woods Hiles Wetlands Hog Island Tamaracks Hogback Prairie Holland Red Maple Swamp Holland Sand Prairie Holmboe Conifer Forest Honey Creek Hook Lake Bog Hortonville Bog Houghton Falls Hub City Bog Huiras Lake Hulburt Creek Woods Hunting River Alders Inch Lake Interstate Lowland Forest Ipswich Prairie Island Lake Hemlocks Jackson Creek Woods Jackson Harbor Ridges Jackson Marsh Jay Creek Pine Forest Jean Brunet Woods Jefferson Tamarack Swamp Johnson Falls Johnson Hill Kame Johnson Lake Barrens Jones Lake Jump River Woods Jung Hemlock-Beech Forest Kamrath Creek Forest and Fen Kangaroo Lake Karcher Springs Karner Blue Meadow Keller Whitcomb Creek Woods Kelly Lake Hemlocks Kelly Lynn Bog Kentuck Lake Kessler Railroad Prairie Ketchum Creek Pines Kettle Hole Woods Kettle Moraine Low Prairie Kettle Moraine Oak Opening Kettle Moraine Red Oaks Kewaskum Maple-Oak Woods Kickapoo Valley Reserve Kickapoo Wild Woods Kidrick Swamp Kieper Creek Kingston Pines Kinnickinnic River Gorge and Delta Kinnickinnic Wet Prairie Kirby Lake Hardwoods Kissick Alkaline Bog Lake Kohler Park Dunes Kohler-Peet Barrens Koro Prairie Koshkonong Corners Kroenke Lake Krueger Pines Kurtz Woods La Crosse River Trail Prairie LaFave Swamp Lake Alva Birch-Hemlock Lake Evelyn Lake Helane Lake Lackawanna Lake Laura Hardwoods Lake Noquebay Sedge Meadow Lake of the Pines Conifer-Hardwoods Lake Owen Hardwoods Lake Two Pines Lampson Moraine Pines LaSage Bottoms Lauterman Lake Lawin Sedge Meadow Lawrence Creek Lawrence Lake Lawrence Prairie Lawrence Lake Lemonweir Bottomland Hardwood Forest Lily Lake Lima Bog Limery Ridge Savanna Little Bear Hemlocks Little Lake Little Willow Drumlin Little Wolf River Lodde's Mill Bluff Lodi Marsh Logan Creek Loon Lake Woods Lost Canoe Lost Creek Bog Lost Lake Lost Lake Esker Lower Chippewa River Lower Narrows Lower Tomahawk River Pines LTC Old Growth Forest Lulu Lake Lunch Creek Wetlands Magnolia Bluff Maiden Rock Bluff Marinette County Beech Forest Marsh Miller Cedars Marshall's Point Martin's Woods Mary Lake Mayville Ledge Beech-Maple Woods Mazomanie Bottoms Mazomanie Oak Barrens McCarthy Lake and Cedars McCaslin Mountain McGilvra Woods Mead Conifer Bogs Meadow Valley Barrens Mecan River Pine-Oak Forest Mecan Springs Memorial Grove Hemlocks Meridian Park Midway Railroad Prairie Mill Bluff Millston Sand Barrens Millville Oak Woodlands Milwaukee River and Swamp Milwaukee River Floodplain Forest Milwaukee River Tamarack Lowlands and Dundee Kame Minito Lake Mink River Mirror Lake Pine Oak Forest Miscauno Cedar Swamp Mondeaux Hardwoods Moonlight Bay Bedrock Beach Moose Lake Moose River Cedar Hills Moquah Barrens Morgan Coulee Prairie Motts Ravine Mount Pisgah Hemlock-Hardwoods Mountain Lake Mud Lake Mud Lake - Radley Creek Savanna Mud Lake Bog Mud Lake Fen and Wet Prairie Mud Lake Forest and Ponds Muddy Creek Sedge Meadow Muehl Springs Muir Park Mukwa Bottomland Forest Mukwonago River Mullet Creek White Cedar Wetland Muralt Bluff Prairie Muskego Park Hardwoods Myklebust Lake Namekagon Barrens Namekagon Fen Natural Bridge and Rockshelter Navarino Cedar Swamp Navarino Sedge Meadow Necedah Oak-Pine Forest Necedah Oak-Pine Savanna Neda Mine Nell Lake Nelligan Lake Nelson-Trevino Bottoms Nemadji River Floodplain Forest New Auburn Sedge Meadow New Hope Pines New Munster Bog Island New Observatory Woods Newark Road Prairie Newport Conifer-Hardwoods Nichols Creek Cedars and Springs Nichols Creek East Cedars Nine Mile Island Nipissing Swamp Nixon Lake No Name Lake North Bay North Bend Wet Prairie North Branch Bottoms North Country Trail Hardwoods North Fork Eau Claire River North Fork Pines North of North Shattuck Lake North Otter Creek North Pikes Creek Boreal Forest North Pikes Creek Boreal Forest Northeast Lake Norway Point Bottomlands Nourse Sugarbush Oakfield Ledge Oakfield Railroad Prairie Observatory Hill Ohmart Wetlands Oliver Prairie Olson Oak Woods One Stone Lake Hemlocks Orion Mussel Bed Osceola Bedrock Glades Oshkosh-Larsen Trail Prairies Ottawa Lake Fen Otter Creek Oak Barrens Owl Creek Fen Savanna Oxbo Pines Oxbow Rapids Page Creek Marsh Pan Hollow Papoose Creek Pines Parfrey's Glen Parrish Oak Savanna Pat Shay Lake Patterson Hemlocks Pea Creek Sedge Meadow Peat Lake Pecatonica River Woods Peninsula Niagara Escarpment Peninsula Park Beech Forest Peninsula Park White Cedar Forest Perkinstown Hemlocks Peshtigo Brook Meadow & Woods Peshtigo Harbor Lacustrine Forest Peshtigo River Delta Marshes Pewit's Nest Pickerel Lake Pickerel Lake Fen Pine Cliff Pine Hollow Pine Island Savanna Pirus Road Swamp Plagge Woods Plainfield Tunnel Channel Lakes Pleasant Valley Conservancy Plover River Woods Plum Creek Woods Plum Lake Hemlock Forest Point Beach Ridges Pokegama Carnegie Wetlands Pope Lake Popple River Corridor Poppy's Rock Port Wing Boreal Forest Portland Maples Powers Bluff Maple Woods Priest Rock Princeton Prairie Puchyan Prairie Putnam Park Quincy Bluff and Wetlands Rainbow Wetlands Rat Lake Swamp and Popple River Headwaters Red Banks Alvar Red Cedar Lake Red Cedar River Savanna Red Oak Bottoms Reed Lake Meadow Renak-Polak Maple Beech Woods Rhine Center Bog Rib Mountain Talus Forest Rice Creek Rice Lake Richter Lake Hemlocks Richwood Bottoms Ridgeway Pine Relict Riley Lake Riveredge Creek and Ephemeral Pond Robinson Creek Pines Roche-A-Cri Mound Roche-A-Cri Woods Rock Creek Felsenmeer Rock Island Woods Rock Lake Rock River Prairie Rocky Run Oak Savanna Romance Prairie Rose Lake Rush Creek Rush Lake Rush River Delta Sajdak Springs Sand Creek Pines Sander's Park Hardwoods Sapa Spruce Bog Savage Lake Schluckebier Prairie Schmidt Maple Woods Scott Lake and Shelp Lake Scuppernong Prairie Seagull Bar Shaky Lake Shallow Lake Silver Creek and Mondeaux River Silver Lake Bog Sister Islands Skinner Creek Hardwoods Skunk and Foster Lakes Skunk Creek Woods Smith Drumlin Prairie Smith Slough and Sand Prairie Snake Creek Fen Snapper Prairie Snoose Creek Snow Bottom Snow Falls Creek Sohlberg Silver Lake Solon Springs Sharptail Barrens South Bluff/Devil's Nose South Branch Beech Grove South Fork Barrens Spaulding Fen Spider Lake Spread Eagle Barrens Spring Brook Drumlins Spring Green Preserve Spring Lake Springstead Muskeg Springvale Wet Prairie Spruce Grouse Swamp Spruce Lake Bog Spur Lake Squirrel River Pines St. Croix Ash Swamp St. Croix Islands St. Croix Seeps St. Peter's Dome Standing Cedars Starlight Wetlands Sterling Barrens Stockbridge Ledge Woods Stone Lake Pines Straight Lake Tamarack Fen Sugar Camp Hemlocks Sugar Creek Bluff Sugar River Wetlands Suk Cerney Peatlands Summerton Bog Sunrise Lake Swamp Creek Fen Swamp Lake Swan Lake Sedge Meadow and Barrens Swan Lake Tamaracks Swan Lake Wet-mesic Prairie Swenson Wet Prairie Tamarack Creek Bog Tar Dam Pines Tealey Creek Cedars Tellock's Hill Woods Texas Island Woods The Ridges Sanctuary Thornapple Hemlocks Thorp Pond Thunder Mountain Thunder River Swamp Tichigan Springs and Fen Tiffany Bottoms Toft Point Tomahawk Lake Hemlocks Totagatic Highlands Hemlocks Totogan Pines Tower Hill Bottoms Town Corner Cedars Town Line Lake and Woods Toy Lake Swamp Trade River Forest and Wetlands Tranus Lake Trempealeau Mountain Trempealeau River Meadow Trenton Bluff Prairie Trout Lake Conifer Swamp Trout River Tucker Lake Hemlocks Tula Lake Tunnel Channel Woods Tunnelville Cliffs Turtle Flambeau Peatlands Twin Lakes Bog Two Creeks Buried Forest Two Lakes Pine-Oak Forest Upper Black River Upper Brunet River Upper Buckatabon Springs Upper Fox Headwaters Upper Kaubashine Creek Upper Little Wolf Upper Nemadji River Floodplain Forest Upper Tomahawk River Pines Van Loon Floodplain Forest Van Loon Floodplain Savanna Van Vliet Hemlocks Vosse Coulee Wabikon Lake Ward/Swartz Decatur Woods Warnimont Bluff Fens Washburn Marsh Waterloo Prairie Waterloo Quartzite Outcrops Waubesa Wetlands Waupee Lake Swamp Waupun Park Maple Forest Wauzeka Bottoms Wedde Creek Savanna Weir White Oaks Wheeler Lake White Cliff Fen and Forest White River Boreal Forest White River Breaks White River Prairie Tamarack White River Sedge Meadow Whitefish Dunes Whitman Bottoms Floodplain Forest Wildcat Ridge Wilson Lake Winchester Meadow Wind Pudding Wisconsin Slough Wolf River Bottoms Woodland Dunes Woodman Lake Sand Prairie & Dead Lake Woods Creek Wyalusing Hardwood Forest Wyalusing Walnut Forest Yellow River Floodplain Forest Yellow River Ice-walled Lake Plain Yellow River Oxbows Yellowstone Savanna York Prairie Young Prairie
State Recreation Areas	Cadiz Springs Chippewa Moraine Fischer Creek Hoffman Hills Menominee River Richard Bong
State Forests	Black River Brule River Coulee Experimental Flambeau River Governor Knowles Havenwoods Kettle Moraine - Lapham Peak Unit Kettle Moraine - Loew Lake Unit Kettle Moraine - Northern & Southern Units Kettle Moraine - Pike Lake Unit Northern Highland-American Legion Peshtigo River Point Beach
State Historical Sites	Black Point Estate Circus World Museum First Capitol H. H. Bennett Studio Madeline Island Museum Old World Wisconsin Pendarvis Reed School Stonefield Villa Louis Wade House
State Wildlife Areas	Ackley Adell Albany Allenton Amberg Amsterdam Sloughs Augusta Avon Bottoms Badfish Creek Balsam Branch Barker Creek Bear Lake Beaver Brook Bierbrauer Big Beaver Creek Big Muskego Lake Big Swamp Bill Cross Blackhawk Lake Bloomfield Borst Valley Brillion Brooklyn Brusky Buckhorn Buena Vista Burlington C.D. Besadny Casey Lake Chief River Chimney Rock Clam Lake Clay Corners Clover Valley Colburn Collins Marsh Crex Meadows Cylon Marsh Cylon Deansville Deer Creek Dell Creek Deppe Dewey Marsh Dike 17 Douglas County Dover Dunnville Eau Galle River Eldorado Emerald Valley Evansville Fish Lake Flat Creek Footville French Creek Galbraith Gardner Swamp Germania Marsh Gilbert Creek Goose Lake (Burnett County) Goose Lake (Dane County) Goose Pond Grand River Marsh Grassy Lake (Barron County) Grassy Lake (Columbia County) Green Bay West Shores Greenwood Hacker Drive Hay Creek Hay Creek-Hoffman Lake Hay River Highway 144 Highway T Holland Honey Creek Streambank Honey Creek Hook Lake Bog-Grass Lake Hoosier Creek Horicon Marsh Jackson Marsh Jaeger's Island Jefferson Marsh Jennings Creek Joel Marsh Johnson Karcher Kickapoo River Bell Center Kickapoo River Wauzeka Unit Kiel Marsh Killsnake Kimberly Clark Kinnickinnic River Oscar Lee Kinnickinnic River Potton Kinnickinnic River Headwaters Kinnickinnic River South Fork Kissick Swamp Knapp Creek Koshkonong Lake Mills Lake Noquebay Lake Pepin Lakes Coulee Lambs Creek Lawrence Creek Leola Marsh Liberty Creek Lightning Creek Lima Marsh Little Rice Lodi Marsh Loon Lake Lundy Pond Lyons Mack Maine Manion Mashek Creek McAdams McKenzie Creek McMillan Marsh Mead Meadow Valley Morgan Marsh Mount Hope Mud Lake (Columbia County) Mud Lake (Dane County) Mud Lake (Dodge County) Muddy Creek Mukwa Mullet Creek Nagel Namekagon Barrens Navarino New Auburn New Munster New Wood Nichols Creek North Bend Bottoms North Branch Milwaukee River Oakridge Oden Omer Springs Otter Creek Outagamie Paradise Marsh Paradise Valley Paul J. Olson Pershing Peshtigo Brook Peter Helland Peters Marsh Pierce County Islands Pine Island Pleasant Valley Potato Creek Powell Marsh Poygan Marsh Prince's Point Quaderer's Creek Rat River Ray Ray Morrison Memorial Rice Beds Creek Ridgeville Rock Falls Rome Pond Rush River Sampson Sandhill Schmit Scuppernong River Sette Shaw Marsh Sheboygan Marsh Silvernail South Beaver Creek Spring Creek St. Croix Islands Star Prairie Seed Farm Storrs Lake Straight Lake Swan Lake Sweeny Pond Swinging Gate Tamarack Creek Ten Mile Creek (Rusk County) Ten Mile Creek (Saint Croix County) Theresa Marsh Thunder Lake Tichigan Tiffany Tollefson Marsh Tom Lawin Totagatic Lake Totogatic Town Corner Troy Turtle Creek Turtle Valley Ulrich Underwood Van Loon Vermillion River Vernon Vosse Coulee Washington Creek Waterloo Waunakee Marsh Weirgor Springs West Taylor Whalen Creek White River White River Marsh Whitman Dam Willow River Wind Lake Wolf River Bottoms Herb Behnke Wolf River Bottoms LaSage Wolf River Wood County Woodboro Lakes Yellow River Yellowstone

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