bueller
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Given it is the largest county in the state and has approximately 37% forest, I really can't see any reason why they would deny that request. I snowmobiled extensively in Marathon Co when I was younger, and it was very easy to distinguish that there were 2 distinct habitat areas within the county. It may be more farmland now that 25 years ago, but a line should still surely exist. They are addressing this same type of thing in places with Metro Units. Here in LaCrosse Co, we have such a situation, and they are allowing a separate harvest goal and quota within the Metro section of the unit which is a "Decrease" goal, as opposed to the remainder of the unit which is "Maintain".
They will have to draw a line somewhere to prevent each county from voting to subdivide into multiple DMUs creating confusion and a logistics nightmare.