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Moquah Barrens Research Natural Area: 1980: Bayfield: 632 federal Representative of the jack pine-scrub oak barrens (savannas) of the glacial outwash area. Found in the Chequamegon National Forest of northwestern Wisconsin. Point Beach Ridges: 1980
The Apostle Islands National Lakeshore is located in Bayfield, Wisconsin, on Lake Superior, the "largest, cleanest, and coldest of the Great Lakes." [3] The lakeshore comprises beaches, cliffs, water, and 21 islands. [4] Of its area, 42,308 acres is land and 27,232 acres is water, extending 1/4 mile from the 155 miles of shoreline. [5]
The natural bridge has been a tourist attraction for modern visitors since 1870. The state park was established in 1972, and the following year 60 acres (24 ha) centered on the arch were given a further level of protection as Natural Bridge and Rockshelter State Natural Area. In 1978 the Raddatz Rockshelter was listed on the National Register ...
Point Beach Ridges is a 558-acre (226 ha) topography of alternating ridges and swales in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [1] The area is located within Point Beach State Forest . [ 2 ] It was designated a Wisconsin State Natural Area in 1971 and a National Natural Landmark in 1980.
Wisconsin became the first state to have a state park in 1878 [1] when it formed "The State Park". The park consisted of 760 square miles (2,000 km 2) in northern Wisconsin (most of present-day Vilas County). [2] The state owned 50,631 acres (205 km 2), which was less than 10% of the total area. [2] There were few residents in the area.
A general map of Wisconsin. Wisconsin, a state in the Midwestern United States, has a vast and diverse geography famous for its landforms created by glaciers during the Wisconsin glaciation 17,000 years ago. The state can be generally divided into five geographic regions—Lake Superior Lowland, Northern Highland, Central Plain, Eastern Ridges ...
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Big Bay State Park is a state park of Wisconsin , United States, on Madeline Island , the largest of 22 Apostle Islands in Lake Superior . [ 1 ] The 2,350-acre (951 ha) park has picturesque sandstone bluffs and caves and a 1.5-mile-long (2.4 km) sand beach.
Wisconsin ecoregion map prepared by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The list of ecoregions in Wisconsin are listings of terrestrial ecoregions (see also, ecosystem) in the United States' State of Wisconsin, as defined separately by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), and the World Wildlife Fund.
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