Lawrence Lake State Natural Area

Lawrence Lake features an undeveloped wild lake surrounded by northern wet-mesic forest, bog, and shrubs. The 50-acre seepage lake has very soft, slightly acid, clear water. The area surrounding the lake is comprised of relatively steep terrain. The shoreline is ringed by a broad band of mixed hardwoods and conifers. Species include hemlock, black spruce, balsam fir, aspen, sugar maple, and red maple. The lake contains an expansive littoral zone with a well-developed aquatic plant community consisting of emergent, floating leaf, and submersed plants including cat-tails, bulrush, smartweeds, and manna grass. This minimally disturbed area provides habitat for many shorebirds, terrestrial and aquatic insects and aquatic and semi-aquatic furbearers. Three kettle depressions with shallow wetlands are located on the south shore of the lake. The fishery includes northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, and perch. Lawrence Lake is owned by Langlade County and was designated a State Natural Area in 2003.