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Chequamegon Bay Watershed Border Lakes Door Peninsula Quincy Bluff and Wetlands ± Baraboo Hills Spring Green Prairie The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to preserve plants, animals, and natural communites that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the land and waters they need to survive. Areas where we are working Cities / Towns Highway County Road 51 £ ¤ 23 33 $̄ $̄ Reedsburg 23 $̄ Rock Springs 13 154 $̄ $̄ 39 90 § ¦ ¨ § ¦ ¨ 33 $̄$̄ 123 113 Sauk County 23 $̄ Columbia County Merrimac $̄ 188 78 $̄ $̄ 64 $̄ Dane MI £ ¤ 10 Chiwaukee Prairie Wisconsin Chapter of The Nature Conservancy The Nature Conservancy 633 West Main Street Madison, Wisconsin 53703 608/251-8140 [email protected] nature.org/wisconsin Baraboo Hills The forests of the Baraboo Hills provide a home for songbirds that migrate from places like Nicaragua. They also provide a source of high-quality red oak timber for the local economy and are one of Wisconsin’s most popular recreational areas. 20 Miles Dane Location: east-central Sauk and a small portion of central Columbia counties 2 £ ¤ Border Lakes A land of wild lakes and deep forests, this area straddles the WisconsinMichigan border and provides a connection between Ottawa National Forest in the Upper Peninsula and the Northern Highland American Legion State Forest in Wisconsin. As a link between these vast protected areas, it serves as a travel corridor for large animals like the timber wolf and black bear. Vilas County 51 5 78 $̄ Military Ridge Prairie Heritage Area Lodi $̄ Prairie du Sac 60 City 0 560 Sauk 10 Plain 0 $̄ 12 £ ¤ Baraboo North Freedom Mukwonago River Watershed We are pleased to share a map with you that shows those areas in Wisconsin where The Nature Conservancy is currently working. Together with private landowners, public agencies, and conservation organizations, we are using a variety of stategies to protect intact habitats and rare species. If you have property in one of these areas and are interested in learning more about different conservation options, please contact us at: Counties Loganville Page Creek Marsh 20 Miles Location: north-central Vilas county 0 5 10 20 Miles 13 $̄ Lake Superior Bayfield Washburn Poplar Ashland 2 £ ¤ 77 $̄ Iron $̄ $̄ 32 $̄ Kenosha County Kenosha 50 83 $̄ $̄ 94 Paddock Lake § ¦ ¨ 83 $̄ Pleasant Prairie $̄ 165 $̄ 141 £ ¤ 131 Door Peninsula MI 35 $̄ Wausaukee Marinette Coleman Peshtigo Lena 41 Oconto Lake Michigan Door County £ ¤ 57 $̄ 0 5 10 Kewaunee 20 Miles 14 £ ¤ 78 $̄ 13 $̄ 23 $̄ Madison Mount Horeb Madison £ ¤ £ 18 ¤ Ridgeway Barneveld 18 23 $̄ Dane 92 $̄ County $̄ Iowa County 151 £ ¤ $̄ $̄ 23 0 2.5 5 69 $̄ $̄ 10 Miles Sullivan 2.5 5 Verona 78 Hollandale 39 0 The Door Peninsula is well-known for its natural beauty and rich cultural heritage. Its rocky cliffs, sandy beaches, marshy bays, fertile wetlands, and conifer forests provide habitat for plants and animals, some of which are found nowhere else in the world. Sister Bay Ephraim Marinette County 64 64 $̄ $̄ Oconto County 41 £ ¤ $̄ 41 £ ¤ IL 0 1 2 1734 Miles Green 78 Dousman 10 Waukesha Miles 59 $̄ Wales 67 $̄ Jefferson County $̄ $̄ 164 Waukesha 83 County $̄ 43 Eagle 106 § ¦ ¨ 99 $̄ $̄ $̄ 164 24 Walworth County 12 £ ¤ 12 £ ¤ East Troy 20 $̄ 23 $̄ $̄ $̄ Racine County Montello 23 82 Marquette 39 § County ¦ ¨ 22 $̄ 23 $̄ 0 2.5 5 10 Miles The Mukwonago River is one of the cleanest streams in southeastern Wisconsin and provides important habitat for rare fish and mussels. The surrounding landscape, just 35 minutes west of Milwaukee, is home to a wide array of native plants and wildlife. Location: northeastern Walworth and southwestern Waukesha counties Page Creek Marsh Location: Marquette County, Packwaukee township 14 £ ¤ 60 $̄ Arena $̄ 23 Location: Adams County, Quincy and Easton townships Spring Green Prairie Plain 4 Miles Spring Green 13 $̄ Mukwonago River Watershed 82 $̄ 0 Sauk County Lone Rock Just 30 miles west of Madison is a landscape of rolling grasslands with pockets of native prairie that have never been tilled. Many uncommon plants and animals are found here, including birds like the Meadowlark and Bobolink as well as beautiful butterflies, badgers, and other wildlife. Location: Dane and Iowa counties; Blue Mounds, Brigham, Moscow, Perry and Ridgeway townships Quincy Bluff, a two-mile long sandstone mesa, rises more than 200 feet above the bed of extinct glacial Lake Wisconsin. The view from the tops of picturesque Quincy Bluff and Lone Rock reveals not a trace of human habitation as far as the eye can see. 23 $̄ 13 $̄ Military Ridge Prairie Heritage Area Quincy Bluff and Wetlands 13 County $̄ § ¨ ¦ 82 $̄ 58 $̄ 2 4 Miles Adams Juneau 1 2 Friendship Adams County Mauston 90 0 1 Location: northern Door county Page Creek winds through gently rolling farmland and remnants of native prairie and savanna. The pairing of marsh and meadow areas attracts a diverse population of waterfowl and rare meadow birds and is a staging area for sandhill cranes during their fall migration. Endeavor 80 $̄ Location: Bayfield, Ashland, and Iron counties Chiwaukee Prairie is considered the last unbroken stretch of lakeshore prairie, home to more than 400 native plant species. Encompassing a narrow run of shorefront along Lake Michigan, Chiwaukee Prairie is a site of remarkable diversity in the midst of residential and commercial development. Location: Kenosha County, Village of Pleasant Prairie Lake Michigan $̄ 142 $̄£ 45 ¤ 32 $̄ 31 192 Often referred to as the Everglades of the north, the Chequamegon Bay Watershed contains one of the few remaining thriving estuaries in all of the Great Lakes. It is home to 137 rare plants and animals and 33 different types of plant communities. Chiwaukee Prairie Racine Racine County Union Grove 51 £ ¤ 122 Douglas Bayfield County 27 $̄ County Ashland County 13 $̄ 77 Sawyer $̄ 75 MI $̄ Chequamegon Bay Watershed Iowa County Known as the "Wisconsin Desert," Spring Green is a place where forest meets bluff, and bluff levels off into plains and dunes. The area is home to a number of plant and animal species that are uncommon to Wisconsin and more common to western deserts, such as prickly pear cacti, blue racer snakes, six-lined racerunners, and lark sparrows. Location: Sauk County, Spring Green township
