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Wood Lake, the first municipal nature center in Minnesota
Richfield, Minnesota
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Wood Lake was a recreational lake ringed by houses until most of its water drained away in the 1950s, a loss tied to the building of Interstate 35W beside it. Richfield's council voted in 1969 to turn the remaining marsh into a nature center rather than fill it, and the building opened in 1971. Its 150 acres now carry three miles of boardwalk and trail through cattail marsh and restored prairie.
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