Dewey's Pasture and Smith's Slough

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the custodian of the Wildlife Complex, describes it as a "combination of prairies, shallow lakes, wetlands and oak savanna."^[1]

Formerly managed as the shallow "Trumbull Lake",^[1] the Dewey's Pasture complex is today managed as a complex of wetlands, oriented towards a diverse population of wading birds and shore birds.^[2] The re-management, including the cutting of non-native trees, is locally controversial.^[3] Dewey's Pasture was named as an Iowa Bird Conservation Area in 2006. The wetland bird complex supports locally rare species such as the American bittern.^[3] The complex also supports deer, pheasants, reptiles, amphibians, wetland fish, butterflies, and dragonflies.^[1]

43°11′33″N 94°55′45″W / 43.19250°N 94.92917°W / 43.19250; -94.92917