• Canoeists paddle by tree lined shores

    Saint Croix

    National Scenic Riverway WI,MN

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  • High Water

    The rivers are running high and fast and the water is cold. Be prepared and cautious if venturing out on the rivers! Watch for debris and low clearance under bridges.

  • Wells Closed

    Beginning in 2013, water will no longer be available at McDowell Bridge Landing, Riverside Landing, and the Marshland District Office on Highway 70. Please plan accordingly and bring an adequate supply of water.

Reptiles

A dark domed shell covers a turtle with an orange chin

The Blandings Turtle is one species living along the St. Croix whose population is considered threatened in Wisconsin

NPS

A Checklist Of Reptiles Of The St. Croix National Scenic Riverway
Revised 2/26/2004

TESTUDINES - turtles
Chelydridae - snapping turtles
___ * Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina
___ Emydidae - terrapins
___ * Wood Turtle Clemmys insculpta
___ * Blanding's Turtle Emydoidea blandingii
___ Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta
___ Common Map Turtle Graptemys geographica
___ False Map Turtle Graptemys pseudogeographica
Trionychidae - softshell turtles
___ Spiny Softshell Apalone spinifera

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LACERTILIA - lizards
Teidae - whiptails and racerunners
___ Six-lined Racerunner Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
Scincidae - skinks
___ * Five-lined Skink Eumeces fasciatus
___ Northern Prairie Skink Eumeces septentrionalis septentrionalis

SERPENTES - snakes
Colubridae - colubrid snakes
___ Northern Water Snake Nerodia sipedon
___ Brown Snake Storeria dekayi
___ Red-bellied Snake Storeria occiptomaculata
___ Common Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis
___ * Eastern Hognose Snake Heterodon platirhinos
___ Western Hognose Snake Heterodon nasicus
___ Ring-necked Snake Diadophus punctatus
___ * Blue Racer Coluber constrictor
___ Smooth Green Snake Ophreodrys vernalis
___ Fox Snake Elaphe vulpina
___ * Bull Snake Pituophis catenifer sayi
___ * Milk Snake Lampropeltis triangulum
Viperidae - vipers and pit vipers
___ * Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus

* Population is listed as endangered, threatened, rare, or of special concern by state and/or federal agencies.

Did You Know?

An aerial photo of the river splitting and a tributaru joining from the north

In the Dakota language The St. Croix River is O-Ki-Zu-Wa-Kpa:  To meet or to unite, as the waters of a river gather into a lake or two rivers meet or an area where we planted. Dakota and Ojibwe Indians still live near St. Croix NSR.