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Wildlife of the Sugar-Pecatonica Basin
There are several groups of commonly managed animals in the basin including deer, turkey, pheasant, waterfowl, and non-game grassland birds. The alteration of oak savanna, prairie, and grassland and the ultimate fragmentation of habitat has had an impact on wildlife in the watershed. Wildlife species that are considered generalist species, such as deer, red-winged blackbirds, robins, or coyotes are able to adapt and thrive in these highly altered landscapes while species with more specific habitat requirements, including grassland birds such as sandpipers, dickcissels, harriers, and western meadowlarks are less likely to thrive.
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