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6 0 . A A. Ecologically Significant 07 LW A . Places of the Southeast 159 06 LB 43 Glacial Plains 9.05 180 Scale: 1:1,200,000 A.06 Wisconsin Transverse Mercator NAD83(91) Map SEGP5 - ams 176 9.06 155 LP 345 46 NE9.17 10.01 368 207 9.12 RL MH 36W7 RM 172 9.07 414 SY 35 9.15 GH 259 328 SH 599.08 A. 51 190 9.14 CD 03 NKM 255 93254 9.09 3 547 HR 0 . 353 GH A 41 253 MI 197 9.16 2 146 144 CB CC 169 NEP 2798.13 MI 86 AP 605 606 A.15 A A.15 . 311 63 607 A.15 0 PT 3 130 9.01 3 UR 5 375 .1 UL A SL UWL 408 9.04 389JM 603 299 114 215 9.03 538 128 153 242 A BK .14 88 MR GK 9.18 6 DR 641 350 13.01 A 13S2KM 417 . 9.02 A.11 1 416 229 122 7 219 213271 A.11 230 A.12 120 648 SV MM9.11 SK 139 231 199 LR 99 RB12.02 649 WB 16 .13 A. 289A 53 64 RC Significant Ecological Places 9.1 113 IF 36 340 106 Land Legacy Places AB Important Bird Areas State Natural Areas Conservation Opportunity Areas The significant ecological places depicted on this map originate from several Terrestrial different plans that identify areas of the state that are ecologically important based on criteria described in those plans. Land Legacy Places were identified in the River Systems Wisconsin Land Legacy Report (2006): http://dnr.wi.gov/master_planning/land_legacy/ Lakes Conservation Opportunity Areas were identified in Wisconsin's Wildlife Action Plan Implementation Report (2008): http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/er/wwap/ Important Bird Areas were identified in Important Bird Areas of Wisconsin (2007): Protected Land* http://www.wisconsinbirds.org/iba/IBA-book.htm Native American Land 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 Ecological Landscape Nature Conservancy and others. 0 5 10 20 30 40 County Boundaries Miles Cities or Villages Kilometers Open Water 0 5 10 20 30 40 Ecological Landscapes of Wisconsin Handbook - 1805.1 WDNR, 2011 Significant Ecological Places of the Southeast Glaicial Plains Ecological Landscape Conservation Opportunity Areas (COAs) Land Legacy Places COA # Terrestrial COA Name AP Arlington Prairie 9.01 Waterloo Wetlands BK Bark and Scuppernong Rivers 9.02 Lake Koshkonong Wetlands CB Cedarburg Bog 9.03 Jefferson Tamarack Swamp CC Cedar Creek 9.04 Lake Mills Wetlands CD Campbellsport Drumlins 9.05 Lower Wolf Floodplain CW Crawfish River-Waterloo Drumlins 9.06 Winnebago Pools DR Dunn-Rutland Savanna and Potholes 9.07 Rush Lake GH Glacial Habitat Restoration Area 9.08 North to Mid Kettle Moraine HM Horicon Marsh 9.09 Horicon Marsh IF Illinois Fox River 9.1 Avon Bottoms JM Jefferson Marsh 9.11 Muralt Bluff KM Kettle Moraine State Forest 9.12 White River Marsh LB Lower Wolf River Bottomlands 9.13 Cedarburg Bog LK L. Koshkonong to Kettle Moraine 9.14 Oakfield Ledge LP Lakes of the Winnebago Pool 9.15 Fond du Lac Ledge LR Lower Rock River 9.16 Mayville Ledge MH Millhome Woods 9.17 Calumet Escarpment MI Milwaukee River 9.18 South Kettle Moraine MJ Mukwonago River and Jericho Creek 10.01 Comstock Bog and Germania Marsh MK Middle Kettle Moraine 12.02 Bong Grasslands MM Monroe-Muralt Prairie 13.01 Southwest Grasslands and Streams NE Niagara Escarpment PT Patrick Marsh COA # Aquatic COA Name RC Raccoon Creek A.03 Milwaukee River RL Rush Lake A.06 Wolf-Shioc-Embarass Rivers SG Sugar River A.07 Little Wolf River SH Sheboygan County Trout Streams A.11 Mukwonago and Illinois Fox Rivers SK Southern Kettle Moraine: Whitewater L. to A.12 Sugar Creek SL Shoveler Lakes-Black Earth Trench A.13 Turtle Creek SV Sugar Creek Valley A.14 Bark River SY Sheboygan River Marshes A.15 Oconomowoc River UL Upper Yahara River and Lakes A.16 Racoon Creek UR Upper Rock River A.17 Sugar River WB White River and Bloomfield Area WM White River Marsh and Uplands Important Bird Areas (IBAs) AB Avon Bottoms State Natural Areas (SNAs) CB Cedarburg Bog SNA # SNA Name GK Greater Koshkonong 2 Cedarburg Bog HR Horicon Refuge 3 Faville Prairie LW Lower Wolf River 6 Scuppernong Prairie MR Military Ridge-York Prairie 11 Haskell Noyes Woods NKM North Kettle Moraine 35 Muehl Springs NEP Northern Empire Prairie 36 Avon Bottoms RB Richard Bong SRA 38 Abraham's Woods RL Rush Lake 41 Fourmile Island Rookery SKM South Kettle Moraine 43 Poppy's Rock UWL UW Lakeshore 46 Vanderbloemen Bog WRM White River Marsh 51 Waupun Park Maple Forest 53 New Munster Bog Island 58 Oliver Prairie 59 Spruce Lake Bog 61 Cedarburg Beech Woods 63 Waterloo Prairie 64 Swenson Wet Prairie SNA # SNA Name (Cont.) SNA # SNA Name (Cont.) 66 Eagle Oak Opening 343 Princeton Prairie 86 Audubon Goose Pond 345 Stockbridge Ledge Woods 88 Kettle Moraine Low Prairie 349 Eagle Centre Prairie 93 Milwaukee River and Swamp 350 Martin's Woods 94 Spring Lake 353 Huiras Lake 99 Karcher Springs 367 White River Sedge Meadow 106 Peat Lake 368 White River Prairie/Tamaracks 111 Bean Lake 375 Goose Lake Drumlins 113 Newark Road Prairie 389 Jefferson Tamarack Swamp 114 Waubesa Wetlands 408 Ancient Aztalan Village 120 Cherry Lake Sedge Meadow 414 Rhine Center Bog 122 Beulah Bog 416 Fair Meadows 128 Ottawa Lake Fen 417 Mukwonago River 130 Cherokee Marsh 538 Rose Lake 132 Young Prairie 547 Springvale Wet Meadow 135 Kewaskum Maple-Oak Woods 603 Texas Island Woods 138 Lulu Lake 604 Mud Lake Fen and Wet Prairie 139 Muralt Bluff Prairie 605 Waterloo Quartzite Outcrops 143 Mayville Ledge Beech-Maple Woods 606 Chub and Mud Lake Riverine Marsh 144 Neda Mine 607 Chub Lake Oak Savanna 146 Empire Prairies 641 Allen Creek Wetlands 153 Genesee Oak Opening and Fen 648 Magnolia Bluff 155 Oshkosh - Larsen Trail Prairies 649 Carver-Roehl Woods 159 Mukwa Bottomland Forest 168 Snapper Prairie 169 Kurtz Woods 172 Puchyan Prairie 176 High Cliff Escarpment 180 Shaky Lake 190 Oakfield Ledge 197 Riveredge Creek & Ephemeral Pond 199 Kessler Railroad Prairie 207 Berlin Fen 208 Sapa Spruce Bog 209 Pickerel Lake Fen 213 Clover Valley Fen 215 Red Cedar Lake 219 Lima Bog 229 Kettle Moraine Oak Opening 230 Clifford F. Messinger Dry Prairie and Savanna Preserve 231 Ward/Swartz Decatur Woods 242 Hook Lake Bog 253 Milwaukee River Floodplain Forest 254 Kettle Hole Woods 255 Crooked Lake Wetlands 256 Milwaukee River Tamarack Lowlands & Dundee Kame 257 Butler Lake and Flynn's Spring 258 Johnson Hill Kame 259 Kettle Moraine Red Oaks 271 Bluff Creek 278 Jackson Marsh 289 Rock River Prairie 299 Sugar River Wetlands 311 Deansville Fen 328 Oakfield Railroad Prairie 331 Rush Lake 340 Lawrence Prairie.
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