[{"ID":290,"Title":"Abraham's Woods","Code":"ABWO-WI","DesignationYear":1973,"Area_Acres":40,"SignificanceStatement":"Abraham’s Woods is a remnant of regional climax maple-basswood forest, a vegetation type rare in southern Wisconsin.","PrimaryState":"WI","SecondaryState":null},{"ID":291,"Title":"Avoca River-Bottom Prairie","Code":"AVRI-WI","DesignationYear":1980,"Area_Acres":762,"SignificanceStatement":"Avoca River-Bottom Prairie is the largest intact prairie in Wisconsin.  The site contains a nearly full complement of plant species.","PrimaryState":"WI","SecondaryState":null},{"ID":321,"Title":"Baraboo Range","Code":"BARA-WI","DesignationYear":1980,"Area_Acres":53531,"SignificanceStatement":"An example of an exhumed mountain range, Baraboo Range illustrates a changing landscape through geologic time.  The climate, soils, fauna, and vegetation exhibit great local diversity.","PrimaryState":"WI","SecondaryState":null},{"ID":322,"Title":"Bose Lake Hemlock Hardwoods","Code":"BOLA-WI","DesignationYear":1980,"Area_Acres":62,"SignificanceStatement":"Located within Nicolet National Forest, Bose Lake Hemlock Hardwoods is a mature northern hardwood-hemlock stand that contains the best virgin stand of hemlock in Wisconsin.","PrimaryState":"WI","SecondaryState":null},{"ID":4182,"Title":"Cave of the Mounds","Code":"CAMO-WI","DesignationYear":1987,"Area_Acres":63,"SignificanceStatement":"Cave of the Mounds provides an exceptional illustration of two principal modes of limestone cave formation (speleogenesis): the solution of cave passageways by \"vadose\" water flowing above, and by \"phreatic\" groundwater flowing below the water table.  The cave is richly decorated with cave formations of most known varieties, including stalagmites measuring 18 feet in height, and many colorful displays of mineral deposits, including pure calcite.","PrimaryState":"WI","SecondaryState":null},{"ID":323,"Title":"Cedarburg Bog","Code":"CEBO-WI","DesignationYear":1973,"Area_Acres":2706,"SignificanceStatement":"Cedarburg Bog is the largest and most outstanding bog in southeastern Wisconsin.  The site serves as a refugium for many northern species of plants and birds and provides habitat for a great variety of wildlife.","PrimaryState":"WI","SecondaryState":null},{"ID":324,"Title":"Chippewa River Bottoms","Code":"CHRI-WI","DesignationYear":1973,"Area_Acres":7884,"SignificanceStatement":"Chippewa River Bottoms is the largest single stand of bottomland hardwood forest along the once widespread post-glacial forest.  The site includes a large great blue heron rookery.","PrimaryState":"WI","SecondaryState":null},{"ID":325,"Title":"Chiwaukee Prairie","Code":"CHPR-WI","DesignationYear":1973,"Area_Acres":89,"SignificanceStatement":"The best remaining wet prairie in Wisconsin, Chiwaukee Prairie is a remnant of a once widespread vegetation type along the southern shores of Lake Michigan.  The site includes several rare plant species.","PrimaryState":"WI","SecondaryState":null},{"ID":326,"Title":"Finnerud Forest Scientific Area","Code":"FIFO-WI","DesignationYear":1973,"Area_Acres":103,"SignificanceStatement":"Finnerud Forest Scientific Area is an excellent representative of the northern coniferous forest complex.  The site is one of the few sizeable areas in the lake states containing red pine forest over 100 years of age.","PrimaryState":"WI","SecondaryState":null},{"ID":327,"Title":"Flambeau River Hemlock-Hardwood Forest","Code":"FLRI-WI","DesignationYear":1973,"Area_Acres":380,"SignificanceStatement":"Flambeau River Hemlock-Hardwood Forest, located within Flambeau River State Forest, is the best and largest remnant of the old-growth conifer-hardwood forest in Wisconsin.  Severely damaged by a windstorm in 1977, the site is in the process of regeneration.","PrimaryState":"WI","SecondaryState":null},{"ID":333,"Title":"Kakagon Sloughs","Code":"KASL-WI","DesignationYear":1973,"Area_Acres":2850,"SignificanceStatement":"Kakagon Sloughs is an excellent representative of a true freshwater delta by virtue of its large size, complex mixture of marsh, bog and dune vegetation types, and undisturbed condition.  The site is one of the finest marsh complexes on the upper Great Lakes.","PrimaryState":"WI","SecondaryState":null},{"ID":332,"Title":"Kickapoo River Natural Area","Code":"KIRI-WI","DesignationYear":1975,"Area_Acres":6061,"SignificanceStatement":"Kickapoo River Natural Area contains the largest undisturbed concentration of exposed seeping sandstone in Wisconsin.  The site is a good example, in the driftless area of southwest Wisconsin, of a river with many entrenched meanders.  Additionally, the combination of geologic factors has created a multitude of diverse microhabitats that support many flora species, some of which are endangered.","PrimaryState":"WI","SecondaryState":null},{"ID":331,"Title":"Moquah Barrens Research Natural Area","Code":"MOBA-WI","DesignationYear":1980,"Area_Acres":632,"SignificanceStatement":"Located within the Chequamegon National Forest, Moquah Barrens Research Natural Area is representative of the jack pine-scrub oak barrens (savannas) of the glacial outwash area of northwestern Wisconsin.","PrimaryState":"WI","SecondaryState":null},{"ID":330,"Title":"Point Beach Ridges","Code":"POBE-WI","DesignationYear":1980,"Area_Acres":151,"SignificanceStatement":"Consisting of alternating ridges and swales, Point Beach Ridges was formed by previous water levels of Lake Michigan.  The site exhibits a range of successional vegetation states.","PrimaryState":"WI","SecondaryState":null},{"ID":329,"Title":"Ridges Sanctuary-Toft's Point-Mud Lake Area","Code":"RISA-WI","DesignationYear":1967,"Area_Acres":2281,"SignificanceStatement":"Ridges Sanctuary-Toft’s Point-Mud Lake Area is a series of sand ridges and swales with associated boreal forest and bog vegetation.  The site contains unusually high species diversity, as well as the best mixed stand of large red and white pine, hemlock, and northern hardwoods on the western shore of Lake Michigan.","PrimaryState":"WI","SecondaryState":null},{"ID":328,"Title":"Spruce Lake Bog","Code":"SPLA-WI","DesignationYear":1973,"Area_Acres":154,"SignificanceStatement":"Spruce Lake Bog, located within Kettle Moraine State Forest, is a superb, unspoiled example of a northern bog.  The site possesses relict flora and fauna from early post-glacial times.","PrimaryState":"WI","SecondaryState":null},{"ID":334,"Title":"Summerton Bog","Code":"SUBO-WI","DesignationYear":1973,"Area_Acres":255,"SignificanceStatement":"Summerton Bog is a relatively large, undisturbed, and floristically diverse area.  The site illustrates the slow, natural invasion of post-glacial plant communities into a predominantly relict glacial community, and provides habitat for many rare plant and animal species.","PrimaryState":"WI","SecondaryState":null},{"ID":335,"Title":"Wyalusing Hardwood Forest","Code":"WYHA-WI","DesignationYear":1973,"Area_Acres":206,"SignificanceStatement":"Wyalusing Hardwood Forest, located within Wyalusing State Park, exhibits high biological diversity illustrating nine major vegetation types.  The site contains several rare plant species and abundant wildlife, including some endangered species.","PrimaryState":"WI","SecondaryState":null}]