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Adams Ashland Barron Bayfield Brown Buffalo Burnett Calumet Chippewa Clark Columbia Crawford	Dane Dodge Door Douglas Dunn Eau Claire Florence Fond du Lac Forest Grant Green Green Lake	Iowa Iron Jackson Jefferson Juneau Kenosha Kewaunee La Crosse Lafayette Langlade Lincoln Manitowoc	Marathon Marinette Marquette Menominee Milwaukee Monroe Oconto Oneida Outagamie Ozaukee Pepin Pierce	Polk Portage Price Racine Richland Rock Rusk St. Croix Sauk Sawyer Shawano Sheboygan	Taylor Trempealeau Vernon Vilas Walworth Washburn Washington Waukesha Waupaca Waushara Winnebago Wood

Adams County Brooks Bluff Dells of the Wisconsin River Quincy Bluff and Wetlands Roche-A-Cri Mound Roche-A-Cri Woods Sohlberg Silver Lake Ashland County Apostle Islands Maritime Forest Apostle Islands Maritime Cliffs Apostle Islands Sandscapes Apostle Islands Critical Species Apostle Islands Yew Forest Bear Lake Slough Big Bay Sand Spit and Bog Black Creek Bog Brunsweiler River And Mineral Lake Chequamegon Hardwoods Copper Falls Dry Lake East Fork Chippewa River English Lake Hemlocks McCarthy Lake and Cedars Snoose Creek Spider Lake Spring Brook Drumlins St. Peter's Dome White River Boreal Forest Back to Top Barron County Bear Lake Sedge Meadow Loon Lake Woods New Auburn Sedge Meadow Rock Creek Felsenmeer Bayfield County Apostle Islands Yew Forest Bark Bay Slough Barksdale Ponds Bearsdale Creek and Hyatt Springs Bibon Swamp Camp Nine Pines Drummond Woods Eighteen Mile Creek Fairyland Houghton Falls Inch Lake Jones Lake Lake Owen Hardwoods Lake Two Pines Lost Creek Bog Moquah Barrens Namekagon Fen North Country Trail Hardwoods Northeast Lake Nourse Sugarbush Mountain Lake Port Wing Boreal Forest Rock Lake Sajdak Springs White River Breaks Wilson Lake Back to Top Brown County Holland Red Maple Swamp Red Banks Alvar Buffalo County Big Swamp Tamarack Fen Lower Chippewa River Nelson-Trevino Bottoms Tiffany Bottoms Trempealeau River Meadow Whitman Bottoms Floodplain Forest Back to Top Burnett County Big Island Blomberg Lake Brant Brook Pines and Hardwoods Crex Sand Prairie Ekdall Wetlands Fish Lake Meadow Fish Lake Pines Namekagon Barrens Norway Point Bottomlands Kohler-Peet Barrens Reed Lake Meadow St. Croix Ash Swamp St. Croix Seeps Calumet County High Cliff Escarpment Stockbridge Ledge Woods Chippewa County Chippewa Moraine Lakes Deer Fly Swamp Dorothy Lake Jean Brunet Woods Lawin Sedge Meadow Marsh Miller Cedars North of North Shattuck Lake Ohmart Wetlands Plagge Woods Tealey Creek Cedars Town Line Lake and Woods Clark County Arbutus Oaks Blue Swamp Schmidt Maple Woods Back to Top Columbia County Audubon Goose Pond Baraboo River Floodplain Forest Dells of the Wisconsin River French Creek Fen Gibraltar Rock Grassy Lake Lost Lake Mud Lake Forest and Ponds Pine Island Savanna Rocky Run Oak Savanna Springvale Wet Prairie Swan Lake Sedge Meadow and Barrens Swan Lake Tamaracks Swan Lake Wet-mesic Prairie Crawford County Hogback Prairie Kickapoo Wild Woods Limery Ridge Savanna Rush Creek Sugar Creek Bluffs Wauzeka Bottoms Dane County Badfish Creek Wet Prairie & Spring Seeps Black Earth Rettenmund Prairie Cherokee Marsh Deansville Fen Empire Prairies Goose Lake Drumlins Hook Lake Bog Lodi Marsh Mazomanie Bottoms Mazomanie Oak Barrens New Observatory Woods Olson Oak Woods Parrish Oak Savanna Pleasant Valley Conservancy Smith Drumlin Prairie Sugar River Wetlands Waubesa Wetlands Back to Top Dodge County Chub and Mud Lake Riverine Marsh Chub Lake Oak Savanna Fourmile Island Rookery Mayville Ledge Beech-Maple Woods Waterloo Prairie Waterloo Quartzite Outcrops Door County Baileys Harbor Boreal Forest and Wetlands Bayshore Blufflands Big and Little Marsh Cave Point-Clay Banks Coffey Swamp Detroit Harbor Ellison Bluff Europe Bay Woods Jackson Harbor Ridges Kangaroo Lake Little Lake Logan Creek Marshall's Point Meridian Park Mink River Estuary Moonlight Bay Bedrock Beach Mud Lake Newport Conifer-Hardwoods North Bay Peninsula Niagara Escarpment Peninsula Park Beech Forest Peninsula Park White Cedar Forest The Ridges Sanctuary Rock Island Woods Sister Islands Toft Point Thorp Pond Whitefish Dunes White Cliff Fen and Forest Back to Top Douglas County Bear Beach Belden Swamp Big Manitou Falls and Gorge Black Lake Bog Blueberry Swamp Brule Glacial Spillway Brule River Boreal Forest Brule Rush Lake Buckley Creek and Barrens (site decommissioned and replaced by Five Mile Barrens) Dwight's Point and Pokegama Wetlands Empire Swamp Ericson Creek Forest and Wetlands Five Mile Barrens Flat Lake Goose Lake Nemadji River Floodplain Forest Motts Ravine Pokegama Carnegie Wetlands Solon Springs Sharptail Barrens Upper Nemadji River Floodplain Forest Dunn County Big Beaver Meadow Caryville Savanna Dunnville Barrens Lower Chippewa River Muddy Creek Sedge Meadow Nine Mile Island Otter Creek Oak Barrens Red Cedar River Savanna Eau Claire County Canoe Landing Prairie Coon Fork Barrens North Fork Eau Claire River Pea Creek Sedge Meadow Putnam Park South Fork Barrens Back to Top Florence County Brule River Cliffs Fox Maple Woods Grandma Lake Wetlands Haley Creek Swamp Hedmark Pines Lauterman Lake Kieper Creek Popple River Corridor Spread Eagle Barrens Wheeler Lake Wisconsin Slough Woods Creek Fond du Lac County Crooked Lake Wetlands Haskell Noyes Memorial Woods Milwaukee River and Swamp Milwaukee River Tamarack Lowlands and Dundee Kame Mullet Creek White Cedar Wetland Oakfield Ledge Oakfield Railroad Prairie Spring Lake Spruce Lake Bog Waupun Park Maple Forest Forest County Alvin Creek Headwaters Anvil Lake Trail Argonne Experimental Forest Atkins Lake and Hiles Swamp Bastile Lake Camp Three Lake Crandon Ribbed Fen Deer Mountain Echo Lake Franklin and Butternut Lakes Giant White Pine Grove Haymeadow Flowage McCaslin Mountain North Otter Creek Pat Shay Lake Rat Lake Swamp/Popple River Headwaters Scott Lake and Shelp Lake Wabikon Lake Back to Top Grant County Adiantum Woods Blue River Bluffs Blue River Sand Barrens Borah Creek Prairie Boscobel Bluffs Cassville Bluffs Chase Creek Dewey Heights Prairie Gasner Hollow Prairie Ipswich Prairie Millville Oak Woodlands Snow Bottom Wyalusing HardWood Forest Wyalusing Walnut Forest Green County Abraham's Woods Albany Sand Prairie & Oak Savanna Browntown Oak Forest Muralt Bluff Prairie Oliver Prairie Ward/Swartz Decatur Woods York Prairie Green Lake County Berlin Fen Fountain Creek Wet Prairie Princeton Prairie Puchyan Prairie Snake Creek Fen White River Sedge Meadow White River Prairie/Tamarack Iowa County Arena Pines and Sand Barrens Avoca Prairie and Savanna Barneveld Prairie Pecatonica River Woods Pine Cliff Ridgeway Pine Relict Tower Hill Bottoms Back to Top Iron County Bass Lake Preserve Caroline Lake Catherine Lake Hemlock-Hardwoods DuPage Lake Peatlands Flambeau Wetlands Frog Lake and Pines Island Lake Hemlocks Lake Evelyn Lehto Lake Moose Lake Springstead Muskeg Toy Lake Swamp Turtle-Flambeau Patterned Bog Jackson County Bauer-Brockway Barrens Bear Bluff Black River Savanna Brockway Ponds Buffalo River Trail Prairies Castle Mound Pine Forest Catfish Eddy Terraces Deer Island East Fork of the Black River Glenn Creek Barrens Half Moon Bottoms Jay Creek Pine Forest Ketchum Creek Pines Millston Sand Barrens North Bend Wet Prairie Robinson Creek Pines Spaulding Fen Starlight Wetlands Upper Black River Washburn Marsh Wildcat Ridge Back to Top Jefferson County Ancient Aztalan Village Allen Creek Wetlands Bean Lake Faville Prairie Jefferson Tamarack Swamp Kettle Moraine Oak Opening Mud Lake Fen and Wet Prairie Red Cedar Lake Rose Lake Snapper Prairie Texas Island Woods Waterloo Prairie Back to Top Juneau County Bass Hollow Blackhawk Island Blueberry Trail Buckhorn Barrens Cranberry Creek Mound Group Dells of the Wisconsin River Hog Island Tamaracks Kingston Pines Lemonweir Bottomland HardWood Forest Meadow Valley Barrens Mill Bluff Necedah Oak-Pine Forest Necedah Oak-Pine Savanna Suk Cerney Peatlands Yellow River Oxbows Back to Top Kenosha County Chiwaukee Prairie New Munster Bog Island Peat Lake Silver Lake Bog La Crosse County Berg Prairie & Billy Goat Ridge Great River Trail Prairies Holland Sand Prairie La Crosse River Trail Prairie Midway Railroad Prairie Northeast Coulee Oak Woodland Van Loon Floodplain Forest Van Loon Floodplain Savanna Back to Top Lafayette County Belmont Mound Woods Belmont Prairie Hardscrabble Prairie Ipswich Prairie Weir White Oaks Yellowstone Savanna Langlade County Bear Caves Bogus Swamp Flora Spring Pond Hunting River Alders Kelly Lynn Bog Lawrence Lake Minito Lake Oxbow Rapids Swamp Creek Fen Back to Top	Lincoln County Krueger Pines Lily Lake Manitowoc County Cherney Maribel Caves LTC Old Growth Forest Nipissing Swamp Point Beach Ridges Two Creeks Buried Forest VanderBloemen Bog Woodland Dunes Marathon County Big Eau Pleine Woods Dells of the Eau Claire River Plover River Woods Rib Mountain Talus Forest Marinette County Bloch Oxbow Dunbar Barrens Grand Island Johnson Falls Kirby Lake Hardwoods Lake Noquebay Sedge Meadow Marinette County Beech Forest Miscauno Cedar Swamp Peshtigo Harbor Lacustrine Forest Peshtigo River Delta Marshes Seagull Bar Town Corner Cedars Marquette County Comstock Bog-Meadow French Creek North Germania Wet Prairie Lawrence Creek Mecan River Pine-Oak Forest Muir Park Observatory Hill Page Creek Marsh Summerton Bog Upper Fox Headwaters Wedde Creek Savanna Back to Top Milwaukee County Cudahy Woods Franklin Savanna Warnimont Bluff Fens Monroe County Eureka Maple Woods Fort McCoy Barrens La Crosse River Trail Prairies Mill Bluff Portland Maples Sand Creek Pines Oconto County Barney Creek Battle Creek Hemlocks Bonita Country Camp Five Lake Cathedral Pines Charles Pond Diamond Roof Forbes Springs Glocke Lake Hagar Mountain Kelly Lake Hemlocks LaFave Swamp Priest Rock Lake Lackawanna Nelligan Lake North Branch Bottoms Peshtigo Brook Meadow and Woods Snow Falls Creek South Branch Beech Grove Sunrise Lake Tar Dam Pines Thunder Mountain Thunder River Swamp Waupee Lake Swamp Back to Top Oneida County Atkins Lake & Hiles Swamp Big Swamp Enterprise Hemlocks Finnerud Pine Forest Germain Hemlocks Gobler Lake Holmboe Conifer Forest Lower Tomahawk River Pines One Stone Lake Hemlocks Rice Lake Stone Lake Pines Wind Pudding Lake Pat Shay Lake Patterson Hemlocks Rainbow Wetlands Shallow Lake Spur Lake Squirrel River Pines Sugar Camp Hemlocks Tomahawk Lake Hemlocks Tomahawk River Pines (see Upper Tomahawk River Pines) Two Lakes Pine-Oak Forest Upper Kaubashine Creek Upper Tomahawk River Pines Outagamie County Deer Creek Tamarack Bog Hortonville Bog LaSage Bottoms Shaky Lake Ozaukee County Cedarburg Bog Cedarburg Beech Woods Fairy Chasm Huiras Lake Kurtz Woods Riveredge Creek and Ephemeral Pond Sapa Spruce Bog Back to Top Pepin County Five-Mile Bluff Prairie Lower Chippewa River Maiden Rock Bluff Nine Mile Island Pierce County Kinnickinnic River Gorge and Delta Morgan Coulee Prairie Plum Creek Woods Rush River Delta Trenton Bluff Prairie Polk County Centennial Bedrock Glade Dalles of the St. Croix River Farmington Bottoms Interstate Lowland Forest Osceola Bedrock Glades Standing Cedars Sterling Barrens Straight Lake Tamarack Fen Trade River Forest and Wetlands Tula Lake Tunnel Channel Woods Portage County Bradley Creek Swamp Conifers Buena Vista Quarry Prairie Buena Vista Prairie Chicken Meadow Dewey Marsh Emmons Creek Barrens Flume Creek Cedars Little Bear Hemlocks New Hope Pines Mead Conifer Bogs Pickerel Lake Upper Little Wolf Back to Top Price County Bass Lake Peatlands Doering Woods Elk River Valley Foulds Creek Jump River Woods Little Willow Drumlin Memorial Grove Hemlocks North Fork Pines Oxbo Pines Riley Lake Tucker Lake Hemlocks Racine County Cherry Lake Sedge Meadow Karcher Springs Renak-Polak Maple-Beech Woods Sander's Park Hardwoods Richland County Bear Creek Sedge Meadow Gotham Jack Pine Barrens Hub City Bog Orion Mussel Bed Richwood Bottoms Smith Slough and Sand Prairie Rock County Avon Bottoms Carver-Roehl Woods Fair Meadows Kessler Railroad Prairie Koshkonong Corners Lima Bog Magnolia Bluff Newark Road Prairie Rock River Prairie Swenson Wet Prairie Back to Top Rusk County Blue Hills Felsenmeer Hawkins Hemlock-HardWood Forest Skinner Creek Hardwoods St. Croix County Apple River Canyon Cylon Kinnickinnic Wet Prairie St. Croix Islands Sauk County Ableman's Gorge Bakken's Pond Baxter's Hollow Bear Creek Sedge Meadow Cady's Marsh Dells of the Wisconsin River Devil's Lake Oak Forest Durst Rockshelter East Bluff Fern Dell Gorge Ferry Bluff Hemlock Draw Honey Creek Hulburt Creek Woods Lodde's Mill Bluff Lower Narrows McGilvra Woods Mirror Lake Pine Oak Forest Natural Bridge and Rockshelter Pan Hollow Parfrey's Glen Pewits Nest Pine Hollow Schluckebier Prairie South Bluff/Devil's Nose Spring Green Preserve Sawyer County Bass Lake Peatlands Flambeau River Hardwood Forest Ghost Lake Hanson Lake Wetlands Kissick Alkaline Bog Lake Lake Helane Lake of the Pines Conifer-Hardwoods Moose River Cedar Hills No-Name Lake Oxbo Pines Snoose Creek Spring Brook Drumlins Swamp Lake Thornapple Hemlocks Upper Brunet River Wilson Lake Back to Top Shawano County County K Woods Jung Hemlock-Beech Forest Kroenke Lake Navarino Cedar Swamp Navarino Sedge Meadow Wolf River Bottoms Sheboygan County Butler Lake and Flynn's Spring Cedar Grove Hawk Research Station Crooked Lake Wetlands Johnson Hill Kame Kamrath Creek Forest and Fen Kettle Hole Woods Kettle Moraine Red Oaks Kohler Park Dunes Muehl Springs Nichols Creek Cedars and Springs Nichols Creek East Cedars Rhine Center Bog Taylor County Brush Creek Hemlocks Bear Creek Hemlocks Diamond Lake Kidrick Swamp Lost Lake Esker Mondeaux Hardwoods Perkinstown Hemlocks Pirus Road Swamp Richter Lake Hemlocks Silver Creek/Mondeaux River Twin Lakes Bog Yellow River Ice-walled Lake Plain Trempealeau County Brady's Bluff Prairie Borst Valley Sedge Meadow Chimney Rock Oak Savanna Great River Trail Prairies Hawkinson Creek Wet Prairie Tamarack Creek Bog Trempealeau Mountain Vosse Coulee Back to Top Vernon County Battle Bluff Prairie Bergen Bluffs Coon Creek Cliffs Eagle Eye Kickapoo Valley Reserve Mt. Pisgah Hemlock-Hardwoods Romance Prairie Tunnelville Cliffs Vilas County Allequash Lake and Pines Anvil Lake Trail Aurora Lake Beaver Creek Bittersweet Lakes Black Tern Bog Blackjack Springs Border Lakes Camp Lake and Pines Chippewa Trail Day Lake Devine Lake and Mishonagon Creek Dunn Lake Haymeadow Creek Headwater Lakes Johnson Lake Barrens and Springs Kentuck Lake Lake Alva Birch-Hemlock Lake Laura Hardwoods Lost Canoe Mary Lake Nell Lake Nixon Lake Trout Lake Conifer Swamp Papoose Creek Pines Pat Shay Lake Plum Lake Hemlock Forest Rice Creek Spruce Grouse Swamp Toy Lake Swamp Trout River Upper Buckatabon Springs Van Vliet Hemlocks Walworth County Beulah Bog Bluff Creek (Clifford F.) Messinger Dry Prairie and Savanna Preserve Clover Valley Fen Lulu Lake Kettle Moraine Oak Opening Pickerel Lake Fen Young Prairie Back to Top Washburn County County Line Barrens and Forest Lampson Moraine Pines Namekagon Barrens Dory's Bog and Hunt Hill Totagatic Highlands Hemlocks Totogan Pines Tranus Lake Washington County Jackson Marsh Kewaskum Maple-Oak Woods Milwaukee River Floodplain Forest Waukesha County Eagle Centre Prairie Eagle Oak Opening Genesee Oak Opening and Fen Kettle Moraine Low Prairie Martin's Woods (Clifford F.) Messinger Dry Prairie & Savanna Preserve Mukwonago River Muskego Park Hardwoods Ottawa Lake Fen Scuppernong Prairie Waupaca County Jackson Creek Woods Keller Whitcomb Creek Woods Little Wolf River Mud Lake Bog Mud Lake - Radley Creek Savanna Mukwa Bottomland Forest Myklebust Lake Pope Lake Poppy's Rock Skunk and Foster Lakes Tellock's Hill Woods Back to Top Waushara County Bass Lake Fen Bohn Lake Karner Blue Meadow Lunch Creek Wetlands Mecan Springs Plainfield Tunnel Channel Lakes Upper Fox Headwaters Winnebago County Koro Prairie Oshkosh-Larsen Trail Prairies Rush Lake Winchester Meadow Wood County Hiles Wetlands Hog Island Tamaracks Mead Conifer Bogs Owl Creek Fen Savanna Powers Bluff Maple Woods Red Oak Bottoms Skunk Creek Woods Yellow River Floodplain Forest Back to Top

Adams County

Brooks Bluff
Dells of the Wisconsin River
Quincy Bluff and Wetlands
Roche-A-Cri Mound
Roche-A-Cri Woods
Sohlberg Silver Lake

Ashland County

Apostle Islands Maritime Forest
Apostle Islands Maritime Cliffs
Apostle Islands Sandscapes
Apostle Islands Critical Species
Apostle Islands Yew Forest
Bear Lake Slough
Big Bay Sand Spit and Bog
Black Creek Bog
Brunsweiler River And Mineral Lake
Chequamegon Hardwoods
Copper Falls
Dry Lake
East Fork Chippewa River
English Lake Hemlocks
McCarthy Lake and Cedars
Snoose Creek
Spider Lake
Spring Brook Drumlins
St. Peter's Dome
White River Boreal Forest

Barron County

Bear Lake Sedge Meadow
Loon Lake Woods
New Auburn Sedge Meadow
Rock Creek Felsenmeer

Bayfield County

Apostle Islands Yew Forest
Bark Bay Slough
Barksdale Ponds
Bearsdale Creek and Hyatt Springs
Bibon Swamp
Camp Nine Pines
Drummond Woods
Eighteen Mile Creek
Fairyland
Houghton Falls
Inch Lake
Jones Lake
Lake Owen Hardwoods
Lake Two Pines
Lost Creek Bog
Moquah Barrens
Namekagon Fen
North Country Trail Hardwoods
Northeast Lake
Nourse Sugarbush
Mountain Lake
Port Wing Boreal Forest
Rock Lake
Sajdak Springs
White River Breaks
Wilson Lake

Brown County

Holland Red Maple Swamp
Red Banks Alvar

Buffalo County

Big Swamp Tamarack Fen
Lower Chippewa River
Nelson-Trevino Bottoms
Tiffany Bottoms
Trempealeau River Meadow
Whitman Bottoms Floodplain Forest

Burnett County

Big Island
Blomberg Lake
Brant Brook Pines and Hardwoods
Crex Sand Prairie
Ekdall Wetlands
Fish Lake Meadow
Fish Lake Pines
Namekagon Barrens
Norway Point Bottomlands
Kohler-Peet Barrens
Reed Lake Meadow
St. Croix Ash Swamp
St. Croix Seeps

Calumet County

High Cliff Escarpment
Stockbridge Ledge Woods

Chippewa County

Chippewa Moraine Lakes
Deer Fly Swamp
Dorothy Lake
Jean Brunet Woods
Lawin Sedge Meadow
Marsh Miller Cedars
North of North Shattuck Lake
Ohmart Wetlands
Plagge Woods
Tealey Creek Cedars
Town Line Lake and Woods

Clark County

Arbutus Oaks
Blue Swamp
Schmidt Maple Woods

Columbia County

Audubon Goose Pond
Baraboo River Floodplain Forest
Dells of the Wisconsin River
French Creek Fen
Gibraltar Rock
Grassy Lake
Lost Lake
Mud Lake Forest and Ponds
Pine Island Savanna
Rocky Run Oak Savanna
Springvale Wet Prairie
Swan Lake Sedge Meadow and Barrens
Swan Lake Tamaracks
Swan Lake Wet-mesic Prairie

Crawford County

Hogback Prairie
Kickapoo Wild Woods
Limery Ridge Savanna
Rush Creek
Sugar Creek Bluffs
Wauzeka Bottoms

Dane County

Badfish Creek Wet Prairie & Spring Seeps
Black Earth Rettenmund Prairie
Cherokee Marsh
Deansville Fen
Empire Prairies
Goose Lake Drumlins
Hook Lake Bog
Lodi Marsh
Mazomanie Bottoms
Mazomanie Oak Barrens
New Observatory Woods

Olson Oak Woods
Parrish Oak Savanna
Pleasant Valley Conservancy
Smith Drumlin Prairie
Sugar River Wetlands
Waubesa Wetlands

Dodge County

Chub and Mud Lake Riverine Marsh
Chub Lake Oak Savanna
Fourmile Island Rookery

Mayville Ledge Beech-Maple Woods
Waterloo Prairie
Waterloo Quartzite Outcrops

Door County

Baileys Harbor Boreal Forest and Wetlands
Bayshore Blufflands
Big and Little Marsh
Cave Point-Clay Banks
Coffey Swamp

Detroit Harbor

Ellison Bluff
Europe Bay Woods
Jackson Harbor Ridges
Kangaroo Lake
Little Lake
Logan Creek
Marshall's Point
Meridian Park
Mink River Estuary
Moonlight Bay Bedrock Beach
Mud Lake
Newport Conifer-Hardwoods
North Bay
Peninsula Niagara Escarpment
Peninsula Park Beech Forest
Peninsula Park White Cedar Forest
The Ridges Sanctuary
Rock Island Woods
Sister Islands

Toft Point
Thorp Pond
Whitefish Dunes
White Cliff Fen and Forest

Douglas County

Bear Beach
Belden Swamp
Big Manitou Falls and Gorge
Black Lake Bog
Blueberry Swamp
Brule Glacial Spillway
Brule River Boreal Forest
Brule Rush Lake
Buckley Creek and Barrens (site decommissioned and replaced by Five Mile Barrens)
Dwight's Point and Pokegama Wetlands
Empire Swamp
Ericson Creek Forest and Wetlands
Five Mile Barrens
Flat Lake
Goose Lake
Nemadji River Floodplain Forest
Motts Ravine
Pokegama Carnegie Wetlands
Solon Springs Sharptail Barrens
Upper Nemadji River Floodplain Forest

Dunn County

Big Beaver Meadow
Caryville Savanna
Dunnville Barrens
Lower Chippewa River
Muddy Creek Sedge Meadow
Nine Mile Island
Otter Creek Oak Barrens
Red Cedar River Savanna

Eau Claire County

Canoe Landing Prairie
Coon Fork Barrens
North Fork Eau Claire River
Pea Creek Sedge Meadow
Putnam Park
South Fork Barrens

Florence County

Brule River Cliffs
Fox Maple Woods
Grandma Lake Wetlands
Haley Creek Swamp
Hedmark Pines
Lauterman Lake
Kieper Creek
Popple River Corridor
Spread Eagle Barrens
Wheeler Lake
Wisconsin Slough
Woods Creek

Fond du Lac County

Crooked Lake Wetlands
Haskell Noyes Memorial Woods
Milwaukee River and Swamp
Milwaukee River Tamarack Lowlands and Dundee Kame
Mullet Creek White Cedar Wetland
Oakfield Ledge
Oakfield Railroad Prairie
Spring Lake
Spruce Lake Bog
Waupun Park Maple Forest

Forest County

Alvin Creek Headwaters
Anvil Lake Trail
Argonne Experimental Forest
Atkins Lake and Hiles Swamp
Bastile Lake
Camp Three Lake
Crandon Ribbed Fen
Deer Mountain
Echo Lake
Franklin and Butternut Lakes
Giant White Pine Grove
Haymeadow Flowage
McCaslin Mountain
North Otter Creek
Pat Shay Lake
Rat Lake Swamp/Popple River Headwaters
Scott Lake and Shelp Lake
Wabikon Lake

Grant County

Adiantum Woods
Blue River Bluffs
Blue River Sand Barrens
Borah Creek Prairie
Boscobel Bluffs
Cassville Bluffs
Chase Creek
Dewey Heights Prairie
Gasner Hollow Prairie
Ipswich Prairie
Millville Oak Woodlands
Snow Bottom
Wyalusing HardWood Forest
Wyalusing Walnut Forest

Green County

Abraham's Woods

Albany Sand Prairie & Oak Savanna
Browntown Oak Forest
Muralt Bluff Prairie
Oliver Prairie

Ward/Swartz Decatur Woods
York Prairie

Green Lake County

Berlin Fen

Fountain Creek Wet Prairie
Princeton Prairie

Puchyan Prairie
Snake Creek Fen

White River Sedge Meadow
White River Prairie/Tamarack

Iowa County

Arena Pines and Sand Barrens
Avoca Prairie and Savanna
Barneveld Prairie
Pecatonica River Woods
Pine Cliff
Ridgeway Pine Relict
Tower Hill Bottoms

Iron County

Bass Lake Preserve
Caroline Lake
Catherine Lake Hemlock-Hardwoods
DuPage Lake Peatlands
Flambeau Wetlands
Frog Lake and Pines
Island Lake Hemlocks
Lake Evelyn
Lehto Lake
Moose Lake
Springstead Muskeg
Toy Lake Swamp
Turtle-Flambeau Patterned Bog

Jackson County

Bauer-Brockway Barrens
Bear Bluff
Black River Savanna
Brockway Ponds
Buffalo River Trail Prairies
Castle Mound Pine Forest
Catfish Eddy Terraces
Deer Island
East Fork of the Black River
Glenn Creek Barrens
Half Moon Bottoms
Jay Creek Pine Forest
Ketchum Creek Pines
Millston Sand Barrens
North Bend Wet Prairie
Robinson Creek Pines
Spaulding Fen
Starlight Wetlands
Upper Black River
Washburn Marsh
Wildcat Ridge

Jefferson County

Ancient Aztalan Village
Allen Creek Wetlands
Bean Lake
Faville Prairie

Jefferson Tamarack Swamp
Kettle Moraine Oak Opening
Mud Lake Fen and Wet Prairie
Red Cedar Lake
Rose Lake
Snapper Prairie
Texas Island Woods
Waterloo Prairie

Juneau County

Bass Hollow
Blackhawk Island

Blueberry Trail
Buckhorn Barrens
Cranberry Creek Mound Group
Dells of the Wisconsin River
Hog Island Tamaracks
Kingston Pines
Lemonweir Bottomland HardWood Forest
Meadow Valley Barrens
Mill Bluff
Necedah Oak-Pine Forest

Necedah Oak-Pine Savanna

Suk Cerney Peatlands
Yellow River Oxbows

Kenosha County

Chiwaukee Prairie
New Munster Bog Island
Peat Lake

Silver Lake Bog

La Crosse County

Berg Prairie & Billy Goat Ridge
Great River Trail Prairies
Holland Sand Prairie
La Crosse River Trail Prairie
Midway Railroad Prairie
Northeast Coulee Oak Woodland
Van Loon Floodplain Forest
Van Loon Floodplain Savanna

Lafayette County

Belmont Mound Woods
Belmont Prairie
Hardscrabble Prairie
Ipswich Prairie
Weir White Oaks

Yellowstone Savanna

Langlade County

Bear Caves

Bogus Swamp
Flora Spring Pond
Hunting River Alders
Kelly Lynn Bog
Lawrence Lake
Minito Lake
Oxbow Rapids
Swamp Creek Fen

Lincoln County

Krueger Pines
Lily Lake

Manitowoc County

Cherney Maribel Caves
LTC Old Growth Forest
Nipissing Swamp
Point Beach Ridges
Two Creeks Buried Forest
VanderBloemen Bog

Woodland Dunes

Marathon County

Big Eau Pleine Woods
Dells of the Eau Claire River
Plover River Woods
Rib Mountain Talus Forest

Marinette County

Bloch Oxbow
Dunbar Barrens
Grand Island
Johnson Falls
Kirby Lake Hardwoods
Lake Noquebay Sedge Meadow
Marinette County Beech Forest
Miscauno Cedar Swamp
Peshtigo Harbor Lacustrine Forest
Peshtigo River Delta Marshes
Seagull Bar
Town Corner Cedars

Marquette County

Comstock Bog-Meadow
French Creek North
Germania Wet Prairie
Lawrence Creek
Mecan River Pine-Oak Forest
Muir Park
Observatory Hill
Page Creek Marsh
Summerton Bog

Upper Fox Headwaters
Wedde Creek Savanna

Milwaukee County

Cudahy Woods
Franklin Savanna
Warnimont Bluff Fens

Monroe County

Eureka Maple Woods
Fort McCoy Barrens
La Crosse River Trail Prairies
Mill Bluff
Portland Maples
Sand Creek Pines

Oconto County

Barney Creek
Battle Creek Hemlocks
Bonita Country
Camp Five Lake
Cathedral Pines
Charles Pond
Diamond Roof
Forbes Springs
Glocke Lake
Hagar Mountain
Kelly Lake Hemlocks
LaFave Swamp
Priest Rock
Lake Lackawanna
Nelligan Lake
North Branch Bottoms
Peshtigo Brook Meadow and Woods
Snow Falls Creek
South Branch Beech Grove
Sunrise Lake
Tar Dam Pines
Thunder Mountain
Thunder River Swamp
Waupee Lake Swamp

Oneida County

Atkins Lake & Hiles Swamp
Big Swamp
Enterprise Hemlocks
Finnerud Pine Forest

Germain Hemlocks
Gobler Lake
Holmboe Conifer Forest
Lower Tomahawk River Pines
One Stone Lake Hemlocks
Rice Lake
Stone Lake Pines
Wind Pudding Lake
Pat Shay Lake
Patterson Hemlocks
Rainbow Wetlands
Shallow Lake
Spur Lake
Squirrel River Pines
Sugar Camp Hemlocks
Tomahawk Lake Hemlocks
Tomahawk River Pines (see Upper Tomahawk River Pines)
Two Lakes Pine-Oak Forest
Upper Kaubashine Creek
Upper Tomahawk River Pines

Outagamie County

Deer Creek Tamarack Bog
Hortonville Bog
LaSage Bottoms
Shaky Lake

Ozaukee County

Cedarburg Bog
Cedarburg Beech Woods
Fairy Chasm

Huiras Lake
Kurtz Woods
Riveredge Creek and Ephemeral Pond
Sapa Spruce Bog

Pepin County

Five-Mile Bluff Prairie
Lower Chippewa River
Maiden Rock Bluff
Nine Mile Island

Pierce County

Kinnickinnic River Gorge and Delta
Morgan Coulee Prairie
Plum Creek Woods
Rush River Delta
Trenton Bluff Prairie

Polk County

Centennial Bedrock Glade

Dalles of the St. Croix River
Farmington Bottoms
Interstate Lowland Forest
Osceola Bedrock Glades
Standing Cedars
Sterling Barrens
Straight Lake Tamarack Fen
Trade River Forest and Wetlands
Tula Lake
Tunnel Channel Woods

Portage County

Bradley Creek Swamp Conifers
Buena Vista Quarry Prairie
Buena Vista Prairie Chicken Meadow
Dewey Marsh
Emmons Creek Barrens
Flume Creek Cedars
Little Bear Hemlocks
New Hope Pines
Mead Conifer Bogs
Pickerel Lake
Upper Little Wolf

Price County

Bass Lake Peatlands
Doering Woods
Elk River Valley
Foulds Creek
Jump River Woods
Little Willow Drumlin
Memorial Grove Hemlocks
North Fork Pines
Oxbo Pines
Riley Lake
Tucker Lake Hemlocks

Racine County

Cherry Lake Sedge Meadow
Karcher Springs
Renak-Polak Maple-Beech Woods
Sander's Park Hardwoods

Richland County

Bear Creek Sedge Meadow
Gotham Jack Pine Barrens
Hub City Bog
Orion Mussel Bed
Richwood Bottoms
Smith Slough and Sand Prairie

Rock County

Avon Bottoms
Carver-Roehl Woods
Fair Meadows

Kessler Railroad Prairie
Koshkonong Corners
Lima Bog
Magnolia Bluff
Newark Road Prairie
Rock River Prairie
Swenson Wet Prairie

Rusk County

Blue Hills Felsenmeer
Hawkins Hemlock-HardWood Forest
Skinner Creek Hardwoods

St. Croix County

Apple River Canyon
Cylon
Kinnickinnic Wet Prairie
St. Croix Islands

Sauk County

Ableman's Gorge
Bakken's Pond
Baxter's Hollow
Bear Creek Sedge Meadow
Cady's Marsh
Dells of the Wisconsin River
Devil's Lake Oak Forest
Durst Rockshelter

East Bluff
Fern Dell Gorge
Ferry Bluff
Hemlock Draw
Honey Creek
Hulburt Creek Woods
Lodde's Mill Bluff

Lower Narrows
McGilvra Woods
Mirror Lake Pine Oak Forest
Natural Bridge and Rockshelter
Pan Hollow
Parfrey's Glen
Pewits Nest
Pine Hollow
Schluckebier Prairie
South Bluff/Devil's Nose
Spring Green Preserve

Sawyer County

Bass Lake Peatlands
Flambeau River Hardwood Forest
Ghost Lake
Hanson Lake Wetlands
Kissick Alkaline Bog Lake
Lake Helane
Lake of the Pines Conifer-Hardwoods
Moose River Cedar Hills
No-Name Lake
Oxbo Pines
Snoose Creek
Spring Brook Drumlins
Swamp Lake
Thornapple Hemlocks
Upper Brunet River
Wilson Lake

Shawano County

County K Woods
Jung Hemlock-Beech Forest
Kroenke Lake
Navarino Cedar Swamp
Navarino Sedge Meadow
Wolf River Bottoms

Sheboygan County

Butler Lake and Flynn's Spring
Cedar Grove Hawk Research Station

Crooked Lake Wetlands
Johnson Hill Kame
Kamrath Creek Forest and Fen
Kettle Hole Woods
Kettle Moraine Red Oaks
Kohler Park Dunes
Muehl Springs
Nichols Creek Cedars and Springs
Nichols Creek East Cedars
Rhine Center Bog

Taylor County

Brush Creek Hemlocks
Bear Creek Hemlocks
Diamond Lake
Kidrick Swamp
Lost Lake Esker
Mondeaux Hardwoods
Perkinstown Hemlocks
Pirus Road Swamp
Richter Lake Hemlocks
Silver Creek/Mondeaux River
Twin Lakes Bog
Yellow River Ice-walled Lake Plain

Trempealeau County

Brady's Bluff Prairie
Borst Valley Sedge Meadow
Chimney Rock Oak Savanna
Great River Trail Prairies
Hawkinson Creek Wet Prairie
Tamarack Creek Bog
Trempealeau Mountain
Vosse Coulee

Vernon County

Battle Bluff Prairie
Bergen Bluffs
Coon Creek Cliffs

Eagle Eye
Kickapoo Valley Reserve
Mt. Pisgah Hemlock-Hardwoods
Romance Prairie
Tunnelville Cliffs

Vilas County

Allequash Lake and Pines
Anvil Lake Trail
Aurora Lake
Beaver Creek
Bittersweet Lakes
Black Tern Bog
Blackjack Springs
Border Lakes
Camp Lake and Pines
Chippewa Trail
Day Lake
Devine Lake and Mishonagon Creek
Dunn Lake
Haymeadow Creek
Headwater Lakes
Johnson Lake Barrens and Springs
Kentuck Lake
Lake Alva Birch-Hemlock
Lake Laura Hardwoods
Lost Canoe
Mary Lake
Nell Lake
Nixon Lake
Trout Lake Conifer Swamp
Papoose Creek Pines
Pat Shay Lake
Plum Lake Hemlock Forest
Rice Creek
Spruce Grouse Swamp
Toy Lake Swamp
Trout River
Upper Buckatabon Springs
Van Vliet Hemlocks

Walworth County

Beulah Bog
Bluff Creek
(Clifford F.) Messinger Dry Prairie and Savanna Preserve
Clover Valley Fen
Lulu Lake
Kettle Moraine Oak Opening
Pickerel Lake Fen

Young Prairie

Washburn County

County Line Barrens and Forest
Lampson Moraine Pines
Namekagon Barrens
Dory's Bog and Hunt Hill
Totagatic Highlands Hemlocks
Totogan Pines
Tranus Lake

Washington County

Jackson Marsh
Kewaskum Maple-Oak Woods
Milwaukee River Floodplain Forest

Waukesha County

Eagle Centre Prairie
Eagle Oak Opening
Genesee Oak Opening and Fen
Kettle Moraine Low Prairie
Martin's Woods
(Clifford F.) Messinger Dry Prairie & Savanna Preserve
Mukwonago River
Muskego Park Hardwoods
Ottawa Lake Fen
Scuppernong Prairie

Waupaca County

Jackson Creek Woods
Keller Whitcomb Creek Woods
Little Wolf River
Mud Lake Bog
Mud Lake - Radley Creek Savanna
Mukwa Bottomland Forest
Myklebust Lake
Pope Lake
Poppy's Rock

Skunk and Foster Lakes
Tellock's Hill Woods

Waushara County

Bass Lake Fen
Bohn Lake
Karner Blue Meadow
Lunch Creek Wetlands
Mecan Springs
Plainfield Tunnel Channel Lakes
Upper Fox Headwaters

Winnebago County

Koro Prairie
Oshkosh-Larsen Trail Prairies
Rush Lake
Winchester Meadow

Wood County

Hiles Wetlands
Hog Island Tamaracks
Mead Conifer Bogs
Owl Creek Fen Savanna
Powers Bluff Maple Woods
Red Oak Bottoms
Skunk Creek Woods
Yellow River Floodplain Forest

Indicates areas not suited for visitation by the general public. These natural areas may have restricted access, require special permission from the landowner, or contain sensitive resources. Contact the State Natural Areas Program for information about visiting these sites.

Last revised: Wednesday November 28 2018

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