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100 WISCONSIN WETLAND GEMS ® Southeast Coastal Region NE-10 Peshtigo River Delta o r SC-1 Chiwaukee Prairie NE-11 Point Beach & Dunes e i SC-2 Des Plaines River NE-12 Rushes Lake MINNESOTA k e r a p Floodplain & Marshes NE-13 Shivering Sands & L u SC-3 Germantown Swamp Connected Wetlands S SC-4 Renak-Polak Woods NE-14 West Shore Green Bay SU-6 SU-9 SC-5 Root River Riverine Forest Wetlands SU-8 SU-11 SC-6 Warnimont Bluff Fens NE-15 Wolf River Bottoms SU-1 SU-12 SU-3 SU-7 Southeast Region North Central Region SU-10 SE-1 Beulah Bog NC-1 Atkins Lake & Hiles Swamp SU-5 NW-4 SU-4 SE-2 Cedarburg Bog NC-2 Bear Lake Sedge Meadow NW-2 NW-8 MICHIGAN SE-3 Cherokee Marsh NC-3 Bogus Swamp NW-1 NW-5 SU-2 SE-4 Horicon Marsh NC-4 Flambeau River State Forest NW-7 SE-5 Huiras Lake NC-11 NC-12 NC-5 Grandma Lake NC-9 SE-6 Lulu Lake NC-6 Hunting River Alders NW-10 NC-13 SE-7 Milwaukee River NC-7 Jump-Mondeaux NC-8 Floodplain Forest River Floodplain NW-6 NC-10 SE-8 Nichols Creek NC-8 Kissick Alkaline Bog NW-3 NC-5 NW-9 SE-9 Rush Lake NC-9 Rice Creek NC-4 NC-1 SE-10 Scuppernong River Area NC-10 Savage-Robago Lakes NC-2 NE-7 SE-11 Spruce Lake Bog NC-11 Spider Lake SE-12 Sugar River NC-12 Toy Lake Swamp NC-6 NC-7 Floodplain Forest NC-13 Turtle-Flambeau- NC-3 NE-6 SE-13 Waubesa Wetlands Manitowish Peatlands W-7 NE-9 WISCONSIN’S WETLAND GEMS SE-14 White River Marsh NE-2 Northwest Region NE-8 Central Region NE-10 NE-4 NW-1 Belden Swamp W-5 NE-12 WH-5 Mink River Estuary—Clint Farlinger C-1 Bass Lake Fen & Lunch NW-2 Black Lake Bog NE-13 NE-14 ® Creek Sedge Meadow NW-3 Blomberg Lake C-4 WHAT ARE WETLAND GEMS ? C-2 Bear Bluff Bog NW-4 Blueberry Swamp WH-2WH-7 C-6 NE-15 NE-1 Wetland Gems® are high quality habitats that represent the wetland riches—marshes, swamps, bogs, fens and more— C-3 Black River NW-5 Brule Glacial Spillway W-1 WH-2 that historically made up nearly a quarter of Wisconsin’s landscape. Critically important to Wisconsin’s biodiversity, C-4 Blue Swamp NW-6 Crex Meadows & Rice Lake W-4 C-5 Comstock-Germania Marsh NW-7 Empire Swamp NE-3 these natural treasures also provide our communities with valuable functions and services as well as recreational and C-3 C-6 Dewey Marsh NW-8 Erickson Creek Peatlands educational opportunities. They are landscapes that both preserve the past and inspire for the future. C-2 C-7 Jay Creek NW-9 Fish Lake Meadow W-12 W-9 NE-11 C-8 Page Creek Marsh NW-10 St. Croix & Namekagon C-7 C-10 Wisconsin Wetlands Association’s list of 100 Wetland Gems® includes 93 sites selected for their ecological value. W-10 C-1 C-9 Quincy Bluff & Sohlberg Lake River Corridor W-11 W-2 These sites are distributed throughout the state and include examples of all of Wisconsin’s wetland community types. WH-4 SE-14 C-10 Suk-Cerney Wetlands SE-9 n ® Superior Region C-9 We have dubbed an additional seven Workhorse Wetland Gems , sites that illustrate how wetlands deliver priceless C-11 Summerton Bog C-5 SU-1 Bark Bay & Lost Creek Bog a services such as flood attenuation, water quality protection, and fish and wildlife habitat. Look inside for more on C-11 C-8 SE-11 SE-8 West Region SU-2 NE-5 Bibon Swamp Wetland Gem Regions g W-3 the purpose of this project, how sites were selected, ideas for citizen and community involvement, a visitor’s guide, W-1 Big Swamp SU-3 Big Bay Southeast SE-4 SE-7 SE-5 i and a list and map of the Wetland Gems® sites. W-2 Fort McCoy SU-4 Kakagon-Bad River Sloughs Central SE-2 h W-3 Kickapoo Valley Reserve SU-5 Nemadji Floodplain Forest Visit our website for more information on this project: www.wisconsinwetlands.org/learn/about-wetlands/explore/. West c W-4 Lower Chippewa River Delta SU-6 Outer Island Sandspit SC-3 W-5 Lower St. Croix River Corridor & Lagoon Northwest SE-3 WH-3 i W-6 Lower Wisconsin River & SU-7 Pokegama-Carnegie Northcentral W-8 WH-6 Wyalusing State Park Wetlands IOWA W-6 SE-13 SC-6 M Superior SE-10 W-7 Oak Ridge Lake SU-8 Red Cliff Raspberry Bay SC-5 Northeast SE-1 W-8 Snow Bottoms SU-9 Sand Bay SE-6 SC-4 Southeast Coastal e W-9 Trempealeau River SU-10 St. Louis River Marshes WH-1 Sedge Meadow SU-11 Stockton Island Tombolo k SE-12 SC-2 SC-1 W-10 Upper Mississippi & SU-12 Sultz Swamp a Trempealeau River Workhorse Wetlands NE-1 Wetland Gem Site L National Wildlife Refuges WH-1 Turtle Valley Wildlife Area: W-11 Van Loon Bottoms WH-1 Workhorse Wetland Site Wildlife Habitat W-12 Whitman Bottoms WH-2 Spoehr’s Marsh: Northeast Region Fishery Habitat STATE ILLINOIS NE-1 Black Ash Swamp WH-3 MMSD Greenseams 0 20 40 Miles NE-2 Brazeau Swamp Program: Flood Attenuation NE-3 Hortonville Bog WH-4 Halfway Creek Marsh: NE-4 Kangaroo Lake Water Quality Protection Funding for this project provided by The McKnight Foundation, which seeks to NE-5 Kohler Andrae Dunes WH-5 Oconto Marsh: THE McKNIGHT FOUNDATION NE-6 Mink River Estuary Shoreline Protection improve the quality of life for present and future generations through grantmaking, NE-7 Miscauno Cedar Swamp WH-6 Pheasant Branch: coalition-building and encouragement of strategic policy reform, and the Wisconsin NE-8 Moonlight Bay & Groundwater Connections Coastal Management Program and National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Connected Wetlands WH-7 Mead Wildlife Area: Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management under the Coastal Zone Green Darner Dragonfly—Ken Tapp Gail Epping Overholt NE-9 North Bay Recreation & Education Management Act, Grant # NA07NOS4190064. Marsh Wren—Brian Hansen Blanding’s Turtle—Allen Sheldon Laura England WHY PUBLISH A WETLAND GEMS® LIST? WETLAND GEMS® IN YOUR REGION: WETLAND VISITOR’S GUIDE: Historically, wetlands were not recognized and valued as natural treasures, but were instead CITIZEN & COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT VISIT A LOCAL WETLAND GEM® generally considered wastelands and obstacles to progress. Since European settlement Wisconsin Wetlands Association encourages local conservation groups and Get your feet wet! Wisconsin Wetlands Association encourages citizens and in the early 1800s, nearly half of Wisconsin’s original 10 million acres of wetlands have other community organizations to celebrate and become stewards of their families to consider wetland destinations when planning recreational and been drained or filled to make way for land uses like agriculture, forestry, and urban and local and regional Wetland Gems®. Below is a sampling of ideas that local educational outings. Our Wetland Gems® list provides many wonderful options suburban development. A large portion of the 5 million remaining acres have been altered citizens and organizations can use to contribute to the long-term protection for outings, which include hiking, hunting, fishing, paddling, bird-watching, and degraded, which only heightens the value of the high quality wetland treasures that of wetland treasures in their communities and regions: photography, and exploring. While most of these sites are on public land, some remain. Wetland Gems® collectively provide examples of our state’s wetland heritage. are privately owned; please pay close attention to the ownership and access Celebrate Celebrate & Raise Awareness of Wisconsin’s Wetland Gems® information provided on our Gem site fact sheets when planning your trips. The misunderstanding and undervaluation of wetlands continues to be a key obstacle News Flash: February 2 is World Wetlands Day and May is American to wetland protection, conservation, and restoration efforts. Our purpose in promoting and enjoy the Wetlands Month. Use these designations as opportunities to draw community Be sure to dress appropriately for weather, walking, and wading. Protect your Wetland Gems® is to increase appreciation for these precious resources. Our vision is that and media attention to a regional Gem site. Write a letter to the editor or pitch skin from sun, scrapes, and insects with long-sleeved shirts, long pants, and the citizens of Wisconsin will someday value all wetlands as natural treasures and that beauty and a story idea involving your Wetland Gem® to local outdoor writers. a wide brimmed hat. Some sites offer boardwalks and other paths that are the historic and ongoing loss of wetland acres will be reversed. Field Trips & Outings: Plan an outing to visit a Gem site with family and relatively dry, but generally recommended footwear includes rubber knee friends. Make it a community event by recruiting a local naturalist to lead a boots or old tennis shoes that you don’t mind getting wet and muddy. Be ® HOW WERE WETLAND GEM SITES SELECTED? unique nature field trip and inviting members of your community to join you. WWA can aware that Lyme disease is present in parts of the state. Prevent tick bites by The Wetland Gems® list builds upon the results of extensive conservation planning help you find a qualified expert for your field trip. wearing clothes that cover your skin and checking your skin and clothing for efforts that identified critical habitats, threats, and conservation actions to protect the ticks when you get home.
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