Sensitive Areas of
Lakes are designated as Critical Habitat Areas in Wisconsin. These areas comprise of aquatic vegetation identified by
the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources as offering critical or unique fish and wildlife habitat, including
seasonal or life stage requirements, or offering water quality or erosion
control benefits to the body of water. Wisconsin law mandates special
protections for these critical habitats. Critical Habitat Designation is a
program that recognizes those areas and maps them so that everyone knows which
areas are most vulnerable to impacts from human activity. This dataset was automatically cataloged from the creator's Open Data Portal. In some cases, publication year and bounding coordinates shown here may be incorrect. Additional download formats may be available on the author's website. Please check the 'More details at' link for additional information.
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