Bad Axe - La Crosse GMU

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The Bad Axe - La Crosse GMU is located in Monroe, Vernon, La Crosse and Crawford counties with forested land evenly distributed among the 4 counties. In the hilly terrain of this area, forested land is mostly confined to ridge tops and side slopes

Forest acreage

The area of timberland in the Bad Axe - La Crosse GMU has increased 12,534 acres or 4% over the past decade. The most recent survey (2001-2005) indicates that productive forest land makes up about 318,623 acres or 45% of the total land area of the GMU.
View bar chart: Timberland acreage in the Bad Axe - La Crosse GMU

Forest types

Oak-dominated forest types (white oak/red oak/hickory, northern red oak, white oak, and chestnut oak/black oak/scarlet oak) account for 58% of timberland acreage and sugar maple-dominated types (hard maple/basswood, sugar maple/beech/yellow birch) account for an additional 10%.
View bar chart: The most important forest types in the Bad Axe - La Crosse GMU

Growing stock volume

Total growing stock volume in the Bad Axe - La Crosse GMU is 363.5 million cubic feet. Oak species, mainly northern red oak, white oak, black oak and bur oak, account for almost 50% of growing stock volume.

Ratio of growth to removals

Net annual removals (11.4 million cubic feet) exceed growth of trees (6.0 million cubic feet) by 90% in the Bad Axe - La Crosse GMU. Big tooth aspen accounts for the largest volume or 32% of all removals. Oak species, northern red, white, black and bur oak, together make up 37% of growing stock removals.

Habitat type

Two-thirds of the timberland in the Bad Axe - La Crosse GMU is dry to dry mesic or dry mesic. Only 9% is dry and less than 5% wet mesic to wet.
View pie chart: Major habitat types in the Bad Axe - La Crosse GMU

The drier timberland is located in Monroe County whereas the majority of forest is on dry mesic and dry mesic to mesic soils.
View map: Major habitat types in the Bad Axe - La Crosse GMU

Timberland ownership

The overwhelming majority or 84% of timberland in the Bad Axe - La Crosse GMU remains in private hands. Over 12% is owned by the federal government (the Department of Energy and the Fish and Wildlife Service) and only 3% by local and state government.
View pie chart: Ownership of Timberland in the Bad Axe - La Crosse GMU