History, benefits of game refuges
Spotlight on Lake Lura Game Refuge in Stearns Co. “We love the wildlife!” exclaimed Patty Dease, who, with her partner, owns a farm situated in southern Stearns County. The farm is located on a small game refuge of approximately 780 acres including Lake Lura, an environmental lake which is also a waterfowl sanctuary. As we chatted, a few deer came out of the woods and began to graze on the grass in front of the house. “Sometimes if we get up in the night, we can see deer lyin