New Keystone Woods WMA is already popular with birders. What else should happen there?

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New Keystone Woods WMA is already popular with birders. What else should happen there?

The Keystone Woods Wildlife Management Area has only been open to the public for a couple of months, but it’s already become a popular destination for birders. Among the birds spotted in the 1,820-acre property in northern Washington County is the rough-legged hawk, the northern harrier and the rare short-eared owl, a buffy-brown bird with long wings that the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has classified as a species of special concer…