Stricker Pond Conservancy Area

Stricker Pond is one of Middleton’s largest kettle ponds, and the conservancy area is 25.5 acres in size. The pond and its surrounding watershed contain around 557 acres.

This pond has an important history as a paleo-archaic native people’s encampment. The north side of the pond features a five-acre mesic prairie and a Stricker Park Trail Segment from Middleton Street west to Stricker Park. The west side of the pond features a wooded area with a woodchip hiking trail that connects to the city of Madison’s natural-surface trails.

Waterfowl spotted in the area include blue-winged teal, great blue herons, wood ducks, green herons, mallard ducks, Canada geese, cattle egrets, black-crowned night herons and double-crested cormorants.

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