Talk:Laurentian Mixed Forest Province

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Definition[edit]

This article is purportedly about a region including portions of three states, yet no information is offered to define its boundaries and no citations are offered to support those boundaries. I think the whole concept is close to being non-notable in its current form.--Appraiser 13:37, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have seen descriptions elsewhere which define the area as a transition zone between the deciduous forests to the south and the true boreal conifer forests to the north. That transition zone however is not limited to these three states. I will see if I can dig them up. Kablammo 14:19, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I put in some text and a cite as a placeholder; more work is needed. Kablammo 14:31, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That's a good source, adequately defining what is meant by the term "north woods" in terms of flora and fauna. Perhaps a more robust description based on those could substitute for geographic boundaries. Since it has been added to the MN template as a "region", it should be added to Regions of Minnesota too, at some point.--Appraiser 14:57, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Take a look at Great North Woods (North Woods in New England and upstate New York). A merger may be in order. And the North Woods Conservancy [1] includes southern Ontario. All are part of the same biome (or transition area between biomes). There is also an article on the Maine North Woods. The first 100 Google returns for "North Woods" show that the term is used for all of these areas; I found no geographic references to other areas. The term Great North Woods appears to be a marketing/tourism slogan, as many references to the eastern part of the North American north woods do not use the modifier "great". Kablammo 16:12, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I could definitely see a case for combining all of these, although trying to do so might cause regional squabbles.--Appraiser 16:17, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe we should just expand this one to its actual extent, including the entire swath of transitional forest from the Plains to the Atlantic. Kablammo 17:31, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

New England? New York?[edit]

The prose and map in section Geography do not match. Prose mentions forested New England (not New York state?). Map shows the northwester Great Lakes states only. --P64 (talk) 23:27, 30 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Expand article[edit]

This article feels vastly incomplete, especially compared to other "regional pages." For instance, the page on the Iron Range region is a bit more useful and contains actual facts about geography, culture and politics. Seems like this could use an update. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.2.156.127 (talk) 08:35, 6 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

history[edit]

History describes pines being logged out end of the 19th century - that was true for Wisconsin (probably central WI), but not MN. Northern MN was still being logged of pines until the 1920's. I'm too lazy to dig up the sources now. Perhaps should also mention that great wealth from the Iron Range and logging flowed into Duluth at that time, resulting in the highest per-capita of millionaires in the country at that time (so I've heard). But all that money came at the expense of the counties, which had massive tracts of tax-forfeited logged land that wasn't worth much. Poverty in much of this area rivaled that of Appalachia. Nerfer (talk) 06:14, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

great resource for defining the north woods[edit]

http://www.uwec.edu/webprojects/geog367/northwoods/

This site is full of great information for defining the actual Northwoods in the Midwest, if anyone feels like adding to this article this would be a great resource. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.150.96.50 (talk) 19:08, 4 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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