The Laurentian Mixed Forest Province , also known as the North Woods , is a forested ecoregion in eastern North America . Among others, this terminology has been adopted by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources . Similar, though not necessarily entirely identical regions, are identified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as Northern Lakes and Forests , and by the World Wildlife Fund by regions such as the Western Great Lakes forests and Eastern forest-boreal transition .
22-668: (Redirected from Northwoods ) North Woods or Northwoods may refer to: Laurentian Mixed Forest Province , a forested ecoregion in the United States and Canada also known as the North Woods. Operation Northwoods , a proposed operation against the Cuban government that originated within the Department of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff of
44-479: A collegiate summer baseball league Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title North Woods . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=North_Woods&oldid=1184179885 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
66-471: A spatial scale determined by temperature and precipitation. There are four types of forest biomes: tropical , temperate , subtropical, and boreal . Most of the world's forest cover (45%) is found in the tropics, which is defined by high temperature and humidity. The boreal zone, which includes Russia and the Arctic , contains the second largest amount of forest (33%). The temperate/subtropical zone, located between
88-450: A third of the world's land surface is covered with forest, with closed-canopy forest accounting for 4 - 5 billion hectares of land. Forests provide many ecosystem services that humans and animals cannot survive without, but anthropogenic actions and climate change are threatening global forest cover in potentially irreversible ways. According to the FAO's Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020,
110-434: Is Dfb. During the lumbering era, unrestricted logging and the resulting fires destroyed much of the forest. With the advent of fire suppression and forest management, the resulting second-growth forest differed substantially from the original forest cover. Conifer tree species became less common in the resulting forest. Early successional tree species such as aspen and birch became much more prevalent and replaced much of
132-469: Is currently known to exist in the region. Elk have been reintroduced in northern Wisconsin , Michigan , and Ontario after having been extirpated prior to the 20th century by overhunting and habitat loss. The boreal woodland caribou used to inhabit the American portions of the region, but with the destruction of the original forest during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and the resulting expansion of
154-577: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Laurentian Mixed Forest Province In the United States, it consists of a broad region of northern Minnesota , Wisconsin and Michigan ( Northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula ) and the forested areas of the North Country (New York) and New England . In Canada , it is found in Ontario around
176-405: Is due to the regeneration abilities of forests, as well as a conscious global effort to reduce deforestation. Plantation forests are one method of reforestation / afforestation that has become increasingly popular since the 1990s. Intensively planned to be biodiverse and well-managed, these forests exist for the purpose of regenerating our global forest cover. Although it is impossible to gain back
198-525: Is often said to have a distinct smell, which is attributed partially to the presence of sweet fern and balsam poplar . The climate for the region roughly corresponds with USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 3a through 4b, although in New England the region extends into zone 5a. The forest region is adapted to the Humid continental climate with warm, humid summers and cold, snowy winters. The Köppen climate classification
220-515: The Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence River through Quebec to Quebec City . Nearly all of the region was covered by glaciers during the last ice age , which created many lakes and wetlands throughout the region. The poor soils and cool climate in this region were not conducive to farming for early settlers, which resulted in the regrowth of most of the forest after being cleared during
242-470: The conterminous United States , gray wolves survived in the remote northeastern corner of Minnesota and Ontario. The repopulation of wolves in this region has occurred naturally as they have expanded their territory. Lone cougar have been documented moving through the region, but these appear to consist of solitary young males dispersing from the Great Plains , and little evidence of breeding populations
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#1732851981904264-446: The white-tailed deer population (which carry the deadly Parelaphostrongylus tenuis brain worm parasite), the species is now confined to Canada. The North Woods are depicted by the green band on the flag of Duluth, Minnesota . Forest cover Forest cover is the amount of trees that covers a particular area of land. It may be measured as relative (in percent ) or absolute (in square kilometres / square miles ). Nearly
286-755: The 19th and early 20th centuries. With the abundant lakes and streams and regrowth of the forests, the region became a major tourist and recreation area for the larger population centers just to the south. The area is a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests biome transition zone between the true boreal forest to the north and the Big Woods and Carolinian forest to the south, with characteristics of each. It has areas of both broadleaf and conifer forest cover , and bodies of water ranging from lakes to conifer bogs and swamps. Conifers include pines , spruces , firs , and junipers ; deciduous types include aspens , paper birches , mountain ash and maples . It
308-464: The United States government in 1962. Northwoods (forest) , the boreal forest of North America. North Woods and North Meadow in Central Park, Manhattan, New York, United States North Woods (novel) , a 2023 novel by Daniel Mason See also [ edit ] Great North Woods , United States Great North Woods Region (New Hampshire) North Maine Woods Northwoods League ,
330-464: The United States). Russia has the largest forest area in the world, at 815 million hectares (a fifth of global forest cover). The other four countries all house more than 100 million hectares of forest each. The small African nation of Gabon , while only containing 0.58% of the world's forest cover, has the largest forest-to-land ratio of any country (91.3%). Forests are found throughout the world on
352-491: The ecosystem services lost when a plot of forest is destroyed for industrial purposes, these new regenerative methods carry hope for the future of our global forest biome. [REDACTED] This article incorporates text from a free content work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 ( license statement/permission ). Text taken from Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020 Key findings , FAO, FAO. [REDACTED] This article incorporates text from
374-413: The least fragmented, whereas subtropical dry forest and temperate oceanic forests are among the most fragmented. The World Health Organization has compiled a list of ecological goods and services that depend on forests and without which humans could not survive, including: flood and drought mitigation, water purification, erosion control, and disease reduction. Tropical forests especially act as one of
396-611: The mixed conifer and deciduous forests that originally existed prior to the logging era. Major animal species inhabiting the forest include white-tailed deer , moose , porcupine , beaver , American red squirrel , eastern gray squirrel , chipmunk , opossum , raccoon , bobcat , Canada lynx , fisher , American marten , long-tailed weasel , ruffed grouse , spruce grouse , bald eagle , red-tailed hawk , osprey , common loon , mallard , Canada goose , wild turkey , sandhill crane , snowshoe hare , American black bear , coyote , and red fox . After being nearly extirpated from
418-434: The number of trees worldwide has dropped by 46%. Since 1990, the world has lost 178 million ha of forest (an area roughly the size of Libya). Although global forest area is decreasing, the rate at which we are losing trees has slowed. In the 1990s the world was losing 7.8 million ha of area per year, but in the 2000s this rate slowed to 5.2 million ha, and in the 2010s it shrank even further (down to 4.7 million). This pattern
440-498: The tropical and the boreal, contains 25%. Almost half of global forest cover (49%) is relatively continuous, while 9% is found in fragments with little to no connectivity. Roughly 80% of the world's forest area is found in patches larger than 1 million hectares (2.5 million acres). The remaining 20% is located in more than 34 million patches across the world with the vast majority being less than 1,000 hectares (2,500 acres) in size. Tropical rainforests and boreal coniferous forests are
462-404: The world has a total forest area of 4.06 billion hectares (10.0 billion acres), which is 31% of the total land area. More than one-third of the world's forest cover is primary forest: naturally regenerated forests with native species and no visible indication of human activity. More than half (54%) of the world's forests are found in only five countries ( Brazil , Canada , China , Russia and
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#1732851981904484-443: The world's largest carbon sinks , accumulating atmospheric carbon dioxide during photosynthesis and thus mitigating climate change. Maintaining the size, continuity, and biodiversity of the world's forests is crucial for human health and prosperity. However, forest cover is severely threatened by deforestation , as a direct consequence of agriculture , grazing , and mining . Since the onset of agriculture (about 12,000 years ago),
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