Photo Essay: Summer 2019 Wildflowers at Fort McCoy

Photo By Scott Sturkol | Flowers at a prairie and grassland area at Badger Drop Zone is shown July 12, 2019, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The drop zone is a natural habitat for many rare butterflies and grassland species of birds and wildflowers. Wildlife management and prairie land management at Fort McCoy is coordinated by the Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)  

FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES

08.09.2019

Story by Scott Sturkol                                                                                                  

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Flowers at prairie and grassland areas at are shown at Fort McCoy, Wis., in July 2019.

Many areas of the installation offer a natural habitat for many rare butterflies and grassland species of birds and wildflowers.

Wildlife management and prairie land management at Fort McCoy is coordinated by the Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch.

Located in the heart of the upper Midwest, Fort McCoy is the only U.S. Army installation in Wisconsin.

The installation has provided support and facilities for the field and classroom training of more than 100,000 military personnel from all services each year since 1984.

Learn more about Fort McCoy online at https://home.army.mil/mccoy, on Facebook by searching “ftmccoy,” and on Twitter by searching “usagmccoy.”

• Date Taken: 08.09.2019
• Date Posted: 08.09.2019 11:20
• Story ID: 335292
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US