Forest Resource in Geographical Management Units
- Overview & State Map
- Explanation of GMUs
- BadAxe - LaCrosse
- Black - Buffalo - Trempeleau
- Central Wisconsin
- Grant - Platte - Sugar - Pecatonica
- Headwaters
- Illinois Fox
- Lakeshore
- Lake Superior
- Lower Chippewa
- Lower Fox
- Lower Rock
- Lower Wisconsin
- Milwaukee River
- Mississippi River
- Root Pike
- Sheboygan
- St. Croix
- Upper Chippewa
- Upper Fox
- Upper Green Bay
- Upper Rock
- Wolf
Lakeshore GMU
Below are statistics, charts and general information on the Lakeshore GMU. All chart and map links open in a separate window.
Three counties, Manitowoc, Door and Kewaunee counties, make up 90% of the land area of the Lakeshore GMU. Only 23% of the GMU is forested and about half of this is in Door County.
Forest acreage
The area of timberland in the Lakeshore GMU increased by about 19,400 acres or 8% over the past decade. The most recent survey (2001-2005) indicates that productive forest land makes up about 262,423 acres or 23% of the total land area of the GMU.
View bar chart: Timberland acreage in the Lakeshore GMU
Forest types
Bottomland types, mainly northern white-cedar, black ash/american elm/red maple, and lowland red maple, make up about 34% of timberland acreage with sugar maple-dominated types accounting for another 23%. View bar chart: The most important forest types in the Lakeshore GMU
Growing stock volume
Total growing stock volume in the Lakeshore GMU is 400.5 million cubic feet. Northern white cedar accounts for the highest percent of volume or 23%. Red maple and sugar maple make up 19% and green, white and black ash together account for 15% of growing stock volume.
Ratio of growth to removals
Net annual growth of trees (14.2 million cubic feet) in the Lakeshore GMU exceeds annual removals (2.4 million cubic feet) by 486%. Sugar maple accounts for 30% of all removals and green, white and black ash together account for 50% of growing stock removals
Habitat type
Over a third or 38% of all timberland in the Lakeshore GMU is classified as either mesic-wet mesic or lowland, and another 23% consists of mesic habitat types. Undefined types are common in this GMU due to forestland fragmentation and human impacts. View pie chart: Major habitat types in the Lakeshore GMU
Timberland ownership
The majority or 87% of timberland in the Lakeshore GMU remains in private hands with 14% owned by local and state government. Federal ownership is negligible.
View pie chart: Ownership of Timberland in the Lakeshore GMU