Within Icelandic State Park is the Gunlogson State Nature Preserve. The preserve provides an excellent opportunity to view and study segments of natural communities marginally influenced by man. An extensive self-guided tail system has been established along the Tongue River, with access beginning at the Gunlogson Homestead site.
Foot bridges provide easy crossing of the Tongue River and the area's many natural springs.
Numerous plants and animals are present, several classified as threatened or rare to North Dakota. For more information, check out the Bird List . Significant Natural Diversity Features Gunlogson Nature Preserve is a link to earlier eras of different climatic conditions, and to the vast bounty that greeted North Dakota's first settlers. It is an island of intact habitat within an extensively modified landscape, and a refugia in its cool, moist conditions. Its significant biological features are the forest and wetland habitats themselves, and the array of rare plants and animals that depend on them.