Forestry GIS Map Gallery

At the DNR, maps come in a variety of different formats and file sizes. To request forestry GIS files, please see our contact information web page ("Forestry GIS Information").

Forestry Existing Map Products

The following map products are organized by program and can be ordered in hard copy as well as downloaded from the links below. If you wish to receive a hard copy of a map, please go to the 'contact information' link above.

Forest Sciences

WI Land Type Associations (PDF, 31MB) - The National Hierarchical Framework of Ecological Units (NHFEU) is an ecological classification system that divides landscapes into ecologically significant regions at multiple scales. more...

GLO PreSettlement (PDF, 28MB) - The Pre-European Settlement Vegetation Database of Wisconsin is a tabular database containing vegetative information extracted from the US General Land Office's Public Lands Survey original surveyors' notes for Wisconsin. The survey was conducted by more...

Finley PreSettlement (PDF, 14MB) - Map created by Robert W. Finley - 1976. Professor of Geography Emeritus. University of Wisconsin Center System. Digital data prepared by Maribeth Milner and Steve Ventura, University of Wisconsin – Madison

WISCLAND (PDF, 34MB) - The map depicts the state of Wisconsin via 13 types of land cover, more...

Kotar Habitat Maps - These maps depict Kotar Habitat Type Units across the following:
  Black River State Forest (PDF, 28MB)
  Brule River State Forest (PDF, 20MB)
  Northern American Legion State Forest (PDF, 22MB)
Habitat Type Units were derived from the USDA – NRCS soil survey for Jackson County, Wisconsin. more...

WDNR EcoLandscapes (PDF, 18MB) - Ecological Landscapes of Wisconsin are aggregations of the National Hierarchical Framework of Ecological Units (NHFEU) Subsections that have been assigned descriptive names.more...

Forest Fire Protection

Fire Response Units (PDF, 16MB) - This map shows WDNR Forestry’s area of fire protection by Fire Response Units.