Ruffed Grouse Priority Regions

Northern Forest = 1 point

Central Forest = 0.5 points

Driftless Area = 0.25

Woodcock Focal Areas

In boundary = 1 point

Elk Management Zones

In boundary = 1 point

SGCN species

Occurrence maps from Breeding Bird Atlas II were used.  Species locations buffered to 2km radius to ensure they are picked up in mapping and counted separately, so one location could get 5 hits if all five species are present there.

SGCN location = 1 point per species at location for strongly associated species

     Golden-winged warbler

SGCN location = 0.5 points for each species closely associated with young forest

     Canada Warbler

     Veery

SGCN location = 0.25 points for each species moderately associated with young forest

     Least Flycatcher

     Blackbilled Cuckoo

Existing Aspen Stands (WisFirs stands)

1 point for all aspen stands on public lands

1 additional point for aspen stands ages 40-60 and 1-10 (e.g., those with immediate management opportunities).

Existing Birch Stands (WisFirs stands)

1 point for birch stands on public lands

Point cut-offs: 0-0.25 = Low; 0.25-1.0 = Medium; >1.0 = High<o:p></o:p>