Still inside the LaSalle Fish and Wildlife Area these photos show more representative landscape

of the ancient glacial outwash plain which consisted of mostly marshy/swampy areas.

Average depth of these flooded areas is usually less than 4 feet.  

 Here you can see a muskrat house and a great blue heron.  These swampy areas make great habitat

for muskrat, river otter, snakes, many fish species, and migratory birds.

Our areas marshes have been used for hundreds if not thousands of years

as a seasonal resting area for many migratory birds on their yearly N-S travels.

If you zoom in you can see two turtles sunning right next to the water.