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Category : Natural areas
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Wisconsin, Naturally
Author: Wisconsin's Natural Communities
Author: Randy HoffmanPublisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
ISBN: 0299170837
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Cattails grow in a marsh, pitcher plants grow in a bog, jewelweed grows in a swamp, right? Do sandhill cranes live among sandy hills? Frogs live near lakes and ponds, but can they live on prairies, too? What is a pine barrens, an oak opening, a calcareous fen? Wisconsin’s Natural Communities is an invitation to discover, explore, and understand Wisconsin’s richly varied natural environment, from your backyard or neighborhood park to stunning public preserves.Part 1 of the book explains thirty-three distinct types of natural communities in Wisconsin—their characteristic trees, beetles, fish, lichens, butterflies, reptiles, mammals, wildflowers—and the effects of geology, climate, and historical events on these habitats. Part 2 describes and maps fifty natural areas on public lands that are outstanding examples of these many different natural communities: Crex Meadows, Horicon Marsh, Black River Forest, Maribel Caves, Whitefish Dunes, the Blue Hills, Avoca Prairie, the Moquah Barrens and Chequamegon Bay, the Ridges Sanctuary, Cadiz Springs, Devil’s Lake, and many others. Intended for anyone who has a love for the natural world, this book is also an excellent introduction for students. And, it provides landowners, public officials, and other stewards of our environment with the knowledge to recognize natural communities and manage them for future generations.
Wisconsin State Parks
Author: Scott SpoolmanPublisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN: 0870208500
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
Hit the trail for a dramatic look at Wisconsin’s geologic past. The impressive bluffs, valleys, waterfalls, and lakes of Wisconsin’s state parks provide more than beautiful scenery and recreational opportunities. They are windows into the distant past, offering clues to the dramatic events that have shaped the land over billions of years. Author and former DNR journalist Scott Spoolman takes readers with him to twenty-eight parks, forests, and natural areas where evidence of the state’s striking geologic and natural history are on display. In an accessible storytelling style, Spoolman sheds light on the volcanoes that poured deep layers of lava rock over a vast area in the northwest, the glacial masses that flattened and molded the landscape of northern and eastern Wisconsin, mountain ranges that rose up and wore away over hundreds of millions of years, and many other bedrock-shaping phenomena. These stories connect geologic processes to the current landscape, as well as to the evolution of flora and fauna and development of human settlement and activities, for a deeper understanding of our state’s natural history. The book includes a selection of detailed trail guides for each park, which hikers can take with them on the trail to view evidence of Wisconsin’s geologic and natural history for themselves.
Bulletin of the Wisconsin Natural History Society
Author: Wisconsin Natural History SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The Natural Resources of Wisconsin
Author: Wisconsin Natural Resources Committee of State AgenciesPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
Bulletin of the Wisconsin Natural History Society
Author: Wisconsin Natural History SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
Wisconsin's Outdoor Treasures
Author: Tim BewerPublisher: Big Earth Publishing
ISBN: 9781931599290
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
From the Mississippi River bluffs and backwaters to the forests of the great Northwoods, there is a world of natural beauty, often hidden and frequently undiscovered. Author Tim Bewer has traveled the state in search of the best of these outdoor treasures. This guidebook describes more than 150 of Wisconsin's best outdoor treasures places to hike, canoe and kayak, bicycle, view wildlife, take a scenic drive, cross-country ski or snowshoe, or just enjoy the solitude of rushing waterfalls, clear lakes, scenic bluffs, and deep forests.
The Wisconsin Naturalist
Author: Wisconsin Natural History Society, Section of Botany
Author: Wisconsin Natural History Society. Botany SectionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Managing Wisconsin's Natural Resources
Author: Wisconsin. Natural Resources Council of State AgenciesPublisher:
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Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description