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Ecologically Significant Places of the Northern Lake Michigan Coastal 14.01 M I C H I G A N 14.2 Ecologically Significant Places of 14.0414.05 A .0 14.03 the Nor5thern Lake Michigan Coastal 413 GT Scale: 1:850,000 NQ 14.02 Wisconsin Transverse Mercator NAD83(91) Map NLMC5 - ams 14.18 14.1714.13979 A . 561 MR 0 8 14.21 CI 47 218 MR 14.06 PS 381 12 14.12 TR204 PE CS 13 125 15.02 SB 14.114.11 17 284 SB 31345.1357 L A K E M I C H I G A N MF 14.14 560 2L3P4R 544 15.04 14.09 14.15 563 PH 543 377 175 GBWS 5W5S9 OM 14.08 559 OR 14.16 515 NE WS Y 14.07 RD A 129 B 14.22 N 39 E E R LB SU G 8.03 A.07 8.04 101 8.01 LWR Significant EcologicaA l Places The significant ecological places depicted on this map originate from several .0 Ecological Landscape 6 different plans that identify areas of the state that are ecologically important based Land Legacy Places County Boundaries on criteria described in those plans. Land Legacy Places were identified in the Important Bird Areas Protected Land* Wisconsin Land Legacy Report (2006): http://dnr.wi.gov/ search 'land legacy'. Conservation Opportunity Areas were identified in Wisconsin's Wildlife Action State Natural Areas Native American Land Plan Implementation Report (2008): http://dnr.wi.gov/ search 'wildlife action plan'. Important Bird Areas were identified in Important Bird Areas of Wisconsin (2007): Conservation Opportunity Areas Open Water http://www.wisconsinbirds.org/iba/IBA-book.htm Terrestrial Cities or Villages Protected Lands include most State, Federal and County ownership or easements as well as lands owned or managed by land trusts and NGOs such as The Nature River Systems Conservancy and others. 0 2.5 5 10 15 20 Lakes Miles Kilometers 0 3.75 7.5 15 22.5 30 Ecological Landscapes of Wisconsin Handbook - 1805.1 WDNR, 2011 Significant Ecological Places in the Northern Lake Michigan Coastal Ecological Landscape Conservation Opportunity Areas (COAs) Land Legacy Places (continued) COA # Terrestrial COA Name SS Shivering Sands 8.01 Lower Wolf River Corridor SU Suamico, Little Suamico and Pensaukee 8.03 Green Bay West Shores Rivers 8.04 Hardwood Swamps WS West Shore Green Bay Wetlands 14.01 Rock Island 14.02 Detroit Harbor State Natural Areas (SNAs) 14.03 Big and Little Marsh SNA # SNA Name 14.04 Coffey Swamp 12 Peninsula Park Beech Forest 14.05 Jackson Harbor 13 Peninsula Park White Cedar Forest 14.06 Chambers Island 17 The Ridges Sanctuary 14.07 Gardner Marsh 37 Seagull Bar 14.08 Potawatomi State Park 39 Charles Pond 14.09 Bayshore Blufflands 47 Sister Islands 14.10 White Cliff Fen and Forest 57 Toft Point 14.11 Thorp Pond 90 Newport Conifer-Hardwoods 14.12 Baileys Harbor to Peninsula 101 Tellock's Hill Woods 14.13 Kangaroo Lake 110 Jackson Harbor Ridges 14.14 Hibbard Creek 125 Mud Lake 14.15 Logan Creek 129 Jung Hemlock-Beech Forest 14.16 Whitefish Dunes to Sturgeon Bay 175 Whitefish Dunes 14.17 Ellison Bluff 204 Marshall's Point 14.18 Door Bluff County Park 218 Mink River Estuary 14.19 Mink River to Europe Bay 233 Moonlight Bay Bedrock Beach 14.20 Boyer Bluff 234 Bloch Oxbow 14.21 Lake Noquebay 276 Coffey Swamp 14.22 Green Bay West Shores 284 Baileys Harbor Boreal Forest & Wetlands 15.02 Brazeau Swamp 335 Kangaroo Lake 15.04 Northeast Wisconsin Forest 377 Bayshore Blufflands 378 Ellison Bluff COA # Aquatic COA Name 379 Europe Bay Woods A.05 Upper Wolf River 381 North Bay A.06 Wolf-Shioc-Embarass Rivers 382 Rock Island Woods A.07 Little Wolf River 383 White Cliff Fen and Forest A.08 Peshtigo River 391 Big and Little Marsh 403 Thorp Pond Land Legacy Places 413 Detroit Harbor CI Chambers Island 515 Kroenke Lake CS Colonial Waterbird Nesting Islands 543 Logan Creek DP Door Peninsula Hardwood Swamps 544 Meridian Park EH Eagle Harbor to Toft Point Corridor 554 Little Lake GT Grand Traverse Islands 559 Cave Point-Cave Banks KL Kangaroo Lake 560 Kelly Lake Hemlocks LB Lower Wolf River Bottomlands 561 Lake Noquebay Sedge Meadow MR Menominee River 562 Peshtigo Harbor Lacustrine Forest ME Mink River Estuary-Newport State Park-Europe 563 Peshtigo River Delta Marshes NE Niagara Escarpment NQ Noquebay Conifer Swamp Important Bird Areas (IBAs) NY North Bay to Bailey's Harbor GBWS Green Bay West Shore OR Oconto River LPR Lower Peshtigo River OM Oconto River Marsh LWR Lower Wolf River PS Peninsula State Park MF Menominee Forest PJ Peninsula State Park to Jacksonport Corridor MR Mink River PH Peshtigo Harbor Marsh SB Seagull Bar PE Peshtigo River TR Toft Ridges RD Red River WS Whitefish -Shivering SB Seagull Bar.
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