Forest Resource in Geographical Management Units
- Overview & State Map
- Explanation of GMUs
- BadAxe - LaCrosse
- Black - Buffalo - Trempeleau
- Central Wisconsin
- Grant - Platte - Sugar - Pecatonica
- Headwaters
- Illinois Fox
- Lakeshore
- Lake Superior
- Lower Chippewa
- Lower Fox
- Lower Rock
- Lower Wisconsin
- Milwaukee River
- Mississippi River
- Root Pike
- Sheboygan
- St. Croix
- Upper Chippewa
- Upper Fox
- Upper Green Bay
- Upper Rock
- Wolf
Black - Buffalo - Trempealeau GMU
Below are statistics, charts and general information on the Black - Buffalo - Trempealeau GMU. All chart and map links open in a separate window.
Over ¾ of land in this GMU lies in 4 counties: Jackson, Clark, Trempealeau, and Buffalo counties with forested land fairly equally distributed
Forest acreage
The area of timberland in the Black - Buffalo - Trempealeau GMU has decreased by about 67,000 acres or 6% over the past decade. The most recent survey (2001-2005) indicates that productive forestland makes up about 1 million acres or 44% 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, post oak/blackjack oak, white oak) account for 44% of timberland acreage and pine types (jack pine, Eastern white pine and red pine) for another 13%. View bar chart: The most important forest types in the Bad Axe - La Crosse GMU
Growing stock volume
Total growing stock volume in the Black - Buffalo - Trempealeau GMU is 1.1 billion cubic feet. Oak species, mainly northern red oak, white oak, and black oak account for about 1/3 of volume. Pine species, eastern white pine, jack pine and red pine make up another 19% of growing stock volume.
Ratio of growth to removals
Net annual removals (34.9 million cubic feet) exceed growth of trees (29.3 million cubic feet) by 19% in the Black - Buffalo - Trempealeau GMU. Northern red oak accounts for the largest volume or 20% of all removals. White oak and northern pin oak make up another 19% of growing stock removals.
Habitat type
Almost half of the timberland in the Black - Buffalo - Trempealeau GMU is classified as dry or dry-dry mesic and another ¼ is mesic-wet mesic or lowland. View pie chart: Major habitat types in the Bad Axe - La Crosse GMU
Most of the dry timberland is located in central Jackson County and southern Clark County.
View map: Major habitat types in the Bad Axe - La Crosse GMU
Timberland ownership
About 3/4 of the timberland in the Black - Buffalo - Trempealeau GMU remains in private hands. Almost ¼ is owned by local and state government and only 3% by the federal government.
View pie chart: Ownership of Timberland in the Bad Axe - La Crosse GMU