{"id":10,"date":"2024-05-22T17:56:41","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T17:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wingsoveralma.wpenginepowered.com\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-06-02T21:06:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T21:06:48","slug":"wings-over-alma","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wingsoveralma.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Wings Over Alma"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">WINGS OVER ALMA overlooks The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife &amp; Fish Refuge<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Located right on Main Street, Wings Over Alma offers an outdoor viewing deck overlooking the mighty Mississippi, equipped with spotting scopes and binoculars to view a variety of wildlife year-round. The Upper Mississippi National Wildlife &amp; Fish Refuge was designated a Wetland of International Importance on June 1, 2009, making it the 27th US wetland to receive this designation and the 2nd in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><div id=\"metaslider-id-155\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-109-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-155 ml-slider ms-theme-default nav-hidden\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Home\" data-height=\"300\" data-width=\"700\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_155\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_155\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-161 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-05-30 17:11:53\" data-filename=\"8-BV-bluesky-700x300.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wingsoveralma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/8-BV-bluesky-700x300.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"700\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-155 slide-161 msDefaultImage\" title=\"8-BV-bluesky\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; 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