Home

Wisconsin's Physical Environment 

• General Information

  • Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

  • Geoscience Wisconsin - publication of the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey

• Ecology and Environment (Including Wildlife & Vegetation)

  • Acid Deposition Data for Wisconsin (acid rain) from the National Acid Deposition Program

  • Butterflies & Moths of Wisconsin

  • Bird Checklist links for Wisconsin

  • Bibliography of Fire Effects and Related Literature Applicable to the Ecosystems and Species of Wisconsin "The bibliography provides 841 literature citations pertinent to the effects of fire and its prescribed use on the ecosystems and species of Wisconsin and the upper Midwest."

  • Center for Limnology (UW-Madison)

  • Endangered Species Factsheets - WI DNR

  • Fish of the Great Lakes (from the UW Sea Grant Institute) - pictures and information about fish that inhabit the Great Lakes that border Wisconsin. 

  • Fishes of Wisconsin

  • National Forests in Wisconsin (from USDA Forest Service)

  • Northern Temperate Lakes Long-Term Ecological Research  research on long-term ecological phenomena of Trout Lake Region located near Boulder Junction and the Madison Lakes Region located near Madison.

  • Pollution Rankings by State (from the Environmental Defense Fund) Choose Wisconsin to see detailed information.

  • UW Sea Grant Institute - UW Sea Grant Institute is a part of a national network of university-based programs of research, outreach and education dedicated to the protection and sustainable use of the United States' coastal, ocean and Great Lakes resources.

  • Vegetation of Wisconsin - (images) - consists of the personal teaching collection of Dr. Virginia Kline retired naturalist at the U.W. - Madison's Arboretum.

  • Wisconsin Herpetology Homepage Brought to by the scientists at the Milwaukee Public Museum, is an information resource on the amphibians and reptiles of Wisconsin.

  •  Wisconsin 2003 State Fact Book (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

  • NatureNet - Wisconsin - Interactive map for nature resources around the state.

• Geology and Landforms of Wisconsin

  • Geologic Information about Wisconsin   (USGS)

  • Ice Age Park and Trail Foundation

  • Institute of Lake Superior Geology

  • Mineralogy of Wisconsin

  • Rib Mountain: A geological history - (Keith Montgomery, Univ. of Wisconsin - Marathon) Excellent information about Rib Mountain

  • State Minerals Information  (USGS) - links to Minerals Year Book, Map of Principal Mineral Producing Localities.

  • UW-Madison Geology Museum

  • Wisconsin Coastal Management Program - links to information about wetlands protection, development impacts, natural hazards, etc.

  • Wisconsin Coastal Fact Sheet - Population Change

  • Wisconsin Coastal GIS Application Project 

  • Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey

• Hydrology

  • Arsenic in Central Wisconsin Groundwater Center

  • Center for Limnology (UW-Madison)

  • Current Stream Flow Conditions

  • NBS Environmental Management Technical Center "The Environmental Center freely shares a wide range of biological, physical, spatial, and technical data and information relating to the Upper Mississippi River System. "

  • Northern Temperate Lakes WEBB Project (USGS) The WEBB hydrologic
    and biogeochemical research takes place in the LTER lake watersheds and complements the ecological research conducted at the NTL/LTER, which is focused on in-lake processes.

  • Surface Water Conditions - Upper Mississippi River Basin

  • Surf Your Watershed - Wisconsin (from US EPA) look up a variety of watershed indicators at this site.

  • University of Wisconsin-Extension Water Resources Program

  • UW Sea Grant Institute - UW Sea Grant Institute is a part of a national network of university-based programs of research, outreach and education dedicated to the protection and sustainable use of the United States' coastal, ocean and Great Lakes resources.

  • U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, Wisconsin District (Access to data, online publications, research projects, etc.)

    • Real-time Streamflow Data

    • Historical Streamflow Data

    • Ground-Water Data

  • Wisconsin Great Lakes Water Quality Network - "The Network is an interactive information system for coastal communities, citizens, students, nature centers, community organizations, businesses, and resource agencies. "

  • Wisconsin's Lakes - (Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources) - facts about Wisconsin Lakes, endangered aquatic species, wetlands, fishing, etc.

• Natural Hazards
  

  • Resource Guide for Great Lakes Coastal Hazards in Wisconsin "This resource guide seeks to consolidate information about natural hazards affecting the Great Lakes coast in Wisconsin. It includes general information and links to other sites about techniques to manage or mitigate coastal hazards and strategies developed by government institutions to address coastal hazards in Wisconsin."

  • Tornadoes in Wisconsin - County tornado data includes date, hour, fatalities, injuries, and Fujita scale.

  • Tornadoes of Wisconsin - photo essay about famous tornadoes disasters in Wisconsin history.

• Soils

  • Information about Soils - Wisconsin  (NRCS)

• Weather & Climate

  • General Weather and Climate Information

    • Climate of Wisconsin - adapted from Climatography of the United States No. 60, NOAA

    • Global Warming Impacts - Wisconsin (US EPA)

    • Wisconsin Historical Climate Summary - from the Midwest Regional Climate Center - Historical data for cities in Wisconsin

    • State Climatology Office

    • National Weather Service Offices in Wisconsin

      • Green Bay

      • LaCrosse

      • Milwaukee

    • Wisconsin Weather and Climate maps

  • Weather and Climate Data

    • Climate at a Glance: Wisconsin

    • Crop Weather (reports from USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service)

    • Wisconsin Stop - Wisconsin - comprehensive weather site for Wisconsin

    • WI-MN Cooperative Extension Agricultural Weather - access to ag. weather observations, evaportranspiration, solar radiation data, etc.

Wisconsin Page | UW-SP Geography/Geology | UW-SP

Created by Michael Ritter mritter@uwsp.edu. 
Last updated November 19, 2003