Tamarac Wilderness

The Tamarac Wilderness is a 2180acre wilderness area in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Established by the United States Congress in 1976, Tamarac Wilderness is composed primarily of small lakes, wooded potholes, bogs and marshes. The wilderness consists of four sections of the 42724acre Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge: three islands in Tamarac Lake totaling about 65acre in the southwest section, and more than 2180acre in the northwest corner.VegetationMuch of the wilderness is forested with white pine, maple, red oak, birch, and elm, with an under story of hazelbrush. Portions of the area were logged in the early years of the twentieth century and contain second growth aspen. On the lower, wetter sites of the wilderness, ash, balsam poplar, tamarack, and spruce are common.