Birding and gardening clubs, nature center member groups, outdoor recreation programs, and youth and church groups use Crex Meadows for a variety of recreational pursuits. Overnight guest group accommodations are available at the conservation camp facilities, including a kitchen, shower rooms and two winterized bunk houses. With the expanded educational capabilities of the Wildlife Education Center, we hope to offer, more overnight education experiences for groups. Crex Meadows provides excellent hunting and trapping The abundance of wildlife habitat at Crex Meadows is attractive to hunters. Deer and bear hunting, small game and waterfowl are popular hunting activities.
Deer hunters find the open brush prairie extremely challenging.
Trappers take advantage of the muskrat, otter, mink and other furbearers on the Crex Meadows property. These hunters and trappers are an important segment of the Crex Meadows visitor population. More than 85 percent of the operating budget for the restoration and management of Crex Meadows is supplied through hunting and trapping license fees and Pittman-Robertson funds. Ducks Unlimited, a national non-profit conservation organization, also has contributed substantially in the past ten years for habitat restoration on Crex Meadows. Crex Meadows cannot currently provide hunting and trapping education for groups because on-site facilities are inadequate.