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Site Description<\/h3>\n

This vast area, on the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, lies near the headwaters of the Chippewa River and several tributaries. It is a high, relatively flat ground moraine containing large poorly drained areas with higher ridges between the parallel trending forest wetlands. A characteristic feature of this area is extensive tracts of old-growth conifer wetlands, the majority located in low-lying areas between ridges and along southwest flowing streams. The uplands are forested in aspen, maple, and white birch, with scattered pockets of old-growth hemlock and white pine. Alder thickets, open bog, muskeg, and small patches of old red pine forest, floodplain forest, and upland openings also are present.<\/p>\n

Ornithological Importance<\/h3>\n

This site supports a multitude of priority species at high densities in both the wetlands and uplands. Notable are exceptional numbers of conifer-loving species such as black-backed woodpecker, olive-sided flycatcher, Nashville warbler, Blackburnian warbler, Cape May warbler, and pine warbler. A variety of wetland, shrub, and muskeg species such as American bittern, golden-winged warbler, mourning warbler, boreal chickadee, gray jay, and boreal finches such as purple finch, white-winged crossbill, and red crossbill also are found in high numbers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Upper Chippewa Forest, photo by Thomas Meyer<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Site Description This vast area, on the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, lies near the headwaters of the Chippewa River and several tributaries. It is a high, relatively flat ground moraine containing large poorly drained areas with higher ridges between the parallel trending forest wetlands. A characteristic feature of this area is extensive tracts of old-growth conifer… [Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":22,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-623","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":625,"href":"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/623\/revisions\/625"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}