Local topography consists of rolling forested hills interspersed with lakes, rivers, marshes, bogs and shrub swamps.

This unusual tree is a deciduous conifer which turns a brilliant gold before losing its needles each fall.

Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge lies in the heart of one of the most diverse vegetative transition zones in North America, where northern hardwood forests, coniferous forests and the tallgrass prairie converge.

An attractive visitor center offers a spectacular vista of the marshes and trees that are typical of the Tamarac Refuge.

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