EAGLE RIVER - Most of northern Wisconsin's forest didn't survive the cut-over from a century ago. However, some pockets did make it, and experts call those areas old growth. Now, the Northwoods Land Trust in Eagle River wants to figure out how much old growth is on private land in Vilas County.
Northwoods Land Trust will organize and run the project. Its executive director Bryan Pierce says he doesn't know exactly what they'll find.
"We really don't know how much old growth forest might remain on private lands in northern Wisconsin." Pierce said. "The DNR has an estimate of somewhere around one percent, possibly, of old growth forest habitat remaining since the original pines were cut."
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