An Unfamiliar State:

How Global Warming Could Change Natural Wisconsin

by Tony Dutzik, Frontier Group; Dan Kohler, Wisconsin Environment Research and Policy Center

Executive Summary

Wisconsin residents have a strong connection with the outdoors. Global warming, however, threatens many of the natural landscapes and outdoor activities that Wisconsin residents hold dear, including the composition and health of the state’s forests, pastimes such as ice fishing and cross-country skiing, and the future of the state’s dairy industry. An Unfamiliar State summarizes the latest scientific findings about the likely impacts of global warming on “Natural Wisconsin” and suggests ways the state can reduce the threat. (May 2007)

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