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The Driftless Area, also known as Bluff Country and the Paleozoic Plateau, is a topographical and cultural region in the Midwestern United States [1] that comprises southwestern Wisconsin, southeastern Minnesota, northeastern Iowa, and the extreme northwestern corner of Illinois. The Driftless Area is a USDA Level III Ecoregion: Ecoregion 52.
Jan 28, 2021 · The Driftless Area is a region in Minnesota, Wisconsin, northwestern Illinois, and northeastern Iowa of the American Midwest that was never glaciated. The region includes elevations ranging from 603 to 1,719 feet at Blue Mound State Park and covers an area of 24,000 square miles with over 3 million people .
Feb 1, 2021 · Driftless landscape. Photo: Jeffrey Broberg. We continue to explore the Driftless Area with geologist Jeffrey Broberg. In December, Broberg recounted the decades-long efforts to pin down a scientific explanation for the primeval uniqueness of the Driftless, and how it avoided the glaciation that molded so much of the upper Midwest.
May 20, 2021 · The result is an area with a unique geology carved out in deep time, and free of glacial drift, the piles of rocky debris that big ice leaves behind: The Driftless.
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Oct 5, 2022 · What does the Driftless Area look like? Walking through the Kickapoo Valley Reserve in Vernon County on a Friday afternoon in August, Marcy West said the Driftless Area “feels very untouched.” “We can see the hills and valleys and get into it, explore it (and) really look at the diversity of plants and the birds,” she said from the southern part of the reserve, a stone’s throw from ...
Dec 7, 2023 · The "Driftless Area" refers to a region in the American Midwest, primarily encompassing parts of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois. What sets it apart is that it was not significantly affected by the last glacial period, and thus lacks the glacial drift (sediment) that is found in many other parts of the Midwest. As a result, the ...
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Solve one of geology's greatest mysteries of The Driftless Areas by exploring the strange ice age forces that helped this 15,000 square miles escape the crus...
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