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Ecological Landscapes of Wisconsin ® Ecological Landscapes County Boundaries Scale: 1:2,750,000 Wisconsin Transverse Mercator NAD83(91) Map S1 - ams Wisconsin was divided into 16 ecoregions with similar ecology and management opportunities. Each of these ecoregions is called an Ecological Landscape. The Ecological Landscapes are based on the National Hierarchical Framework of Ecological Units (NHFEU; Cleland et al. 1997). There were too many NHFEU Subsections and too few NHFEU Sections to be useful for management purposes. Ecological Landscapes use the same boundaries as NHFEU Sections or Subsections. However, some NHFEU Subsections were combined to reduce the number of geographical units in the state to a manageable number. Therefore, Ecological Landscapes are at a size (scale) between NHFEU Sections and Subsections. 0 25 50 75 100 12.5 Miles 0 40 80 120 160 20 Kilometers Northern Highland North Central Forest Northeast Sands Northern Lake Michigan Coastal Central Lake Michigan Coastal Southern Lake Michigan Coastal Southeast Glacial Plains Central Sand Hills Central Sand Plains Forest Transition Western Prairie Western Coulees and Ridges Southwest Savanna Northwest Sands Northwest Lowlands Superior Coastal Plain Ecological Landscapes of Wisconsin Handbook - 1805.1 WDNR, 2011 ©

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Ecological Landscapesof Wisconsin

®Ecological LandscapesCounty Boundaries

Scale: 1:2,750,000Wisconsin Transverse Mercator NAD83(91)

Map S1 - ams

Wisconsin was divided into 16 ecoregions with similar ecology and managementopportunities. Each of these ecoregions is called an Ecological Landscape. TheEcological Landscapes are based on the National Hierarchical Framework ofEcological Units (NHFEU; Cleland et al. 1997). There were too many NHFEUSubsections and too few NHFEU Sections to be useful for management purposes.Ecological Landscapes use the same boundaries as NHFEU Sections or Subsections.However, some NHFEU Subsections were combined to reduce the number ofgeographical units in the state to a manageable number. Therefore, EcologicalLandscapes are at a size (scale) between NHFEU Sections and Subsections.

0 25 50 75 10012.5Miles

0 40 80 120 16020Kilometers

NorthernHighlandNorth

CentralForest

NortheastSands

Northern Lake MichiganCoastal

Central Lake MichiganCoastal

SouthernLake

MichiganCoastal

SoutheastGlacialPlains

CentralSandHills

CentralSand Plains

Forest Transition

WesternPrairie

WesternCoulees

and Ridges

SouthwestSavanna

Northwest Sands

Northwest

LowlandsSuperior Coastal Plain

Ecological Landscapes of Wisconsin Handbook - 1805.1 WDNR, 2011©