Impact on;	Soil & water quality	Threatened, rare or endangered species or communities	Sustainable forestry	Habitat for fish and wildlife	Recreational aesthetic and environmental benefits the  land provides	Fire hazard protection	Historic, cultural and archeological sites	Riparian and wetlands	Forest health	Timber and wood products
Planned Activities
Periodic controlled woodland burns		improve and expand existing Southern Dry  Oak Forest, Oak Openings,  and Dry Prairies	eliminate small saplings, encourage growth of larger trees	restore prairie & savanna, improve wildlife habitat	increase native species by reducing exotic invaders	reduce duff and brush reduces fuel, improves fire control	none		protect larger burr oks and restore areas of savanna	eliminate small saplings, encourage growth of larger trees
Selectively cut woodland brush and small trees		improve and expand existing Southern Dry  Oak Forest,  Oak Openings	eliminate small saplings, encourage growth of larger trees	restore savanna, improve wildlife habitat	increase native species by reducing exotic invaders	reduce duff and brush reduces fuel, improves fire control	none		regeneration of native plants in the shrub and ground layer of the forest	eliminate small saplings, encourage growth of larger trees
Periodic thinning - black walnut grove	allow savanna plants to establish in understory	allow savanna plants to establish underneath	encourage growth of larger walnut trees	allow savanna plants to establish in understory			none		encourage growth of larger walnut trees	encourage growth of larger walnut trees
Harvest (small - 2 acres) grove of white pines	allow savanna plants to establish in understory	improve and expand existing Southern Dry  Oak Forest, Oak Openings & Dry Prairie			restored  savanna, improves  native wildlife habitat	reduce duff and brush reduces fuel, improves fire control	none			Stand is small, marginal economic value, of little interest to loggers
Convert cropland (roughly 150 acres) to prairie	reduce erosion and improve water quality	improve and expand existing Southern Dry  Oak Forest, Oak Openings & Dry Prairie		Habitat for  native plants, grassland birds and  prairie wildlife	When completed, one of the larger restored prairies in the region		none	reduce erosion and improve water quality
Burn and cut trees that are encroaching on  Oak Opening and Dry Prairie areas	enhancing wetland plant communities along creek will improve water quality of pristine trout stream	improve and expand existing Oak Openings and Dry Prairie		restore savanna, improve wildlife habitat	When completed, one of the larger restored prairies in the region		none
Eradicate Reed Canary Grass from Wet Prairie and Southern Sedge Meadow	enhancing wetland plant communities along creek will improve water quality of pristine trout stream	improve and expand existing Wet Prairie and Southern Sedge Meadow		restore habitat for wetland birds, fish, insects and wildlife	maintain and improve 80 acres of wetland adjacent to Wisconsin Highway 88		none	restore formerly grazed wetland
Periodic controlled wetland burns	enhancing wetland plant communities along creek will improve water quality of pristine trout stream	improve and expand existing Wet Prairie and Southern Sedge Meadow		restore habitat for wetland birds, fish, insects and wildlife	increase native species by reducing exotic invaders		none	restore formerly grazed wetland
Selectively cut wetland brush and small trees		improve and expand existing Wet Prairie and Southern Sedge Meadow		restore habitat for wetland birds, fish, insects and wildlife	increase native species by reducing exotic invaders		none	restore formerly grazed wetland
Remove shrubs and old logs from overgrown ditches	enhancing wetland plant communities along creek will improve water quality of pristine trout stream	improve and expand existing Wet Prairie and Southern Sedge Meadow		improve grassland bird habitat --remove habitat for preditors  nest parasites	improve aesthetic appearance	reduce shrubs, logs and brush reduces fuel, improves fire control	none