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Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge: Lake Michigan Lake Huron: MI 1943 744 acres (3.01 km 2) [206] Michigan Wetland Management District: Lower Peninsula of Michigan: MI 1980 664 acres (2.69 km 2) [207] Seney National Wildlife Refuge: Schoolcraft County: MI 1935 95,265 acres (385.52 km 2) [208] Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge: Saginaw ...
National Wildlife Refuges in the U.S. state of Michigan. Pages in category "National Wildlife Refuges in Michigan" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
Shiawassee Refuge is also responsible for managing a portion of the Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge within Lake Huron and Saginaw Bay, including Thunder Bay, Scarecrow, and the Charity Islands. The Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge is also under its management, until a permanent staff is hired. The refuge also administers ...
There are eight National Wildlife Refuges covering 113,639 acres (460 km 2) in the state. These include the first international refuge between the United States and Canada, the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge. [5] (See List of National Wildlife Refuges#Michigan)
In 1961, the Wyandotte National Wildlife Refuge was founded by congressional order thanks in part to Michigan politician John Lesinski, Jr., who was Michigan's 16th congressional district representative from 1951 to 1965. The refuge paved the way for tighter restrictions on industries and allocated much needed government funding to clean up the ...
The Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge is a designation for nine Michigan islands in the North American Great Lakes.Owned by the United States federal government, they were set aside for ecosystem protection purposes by President Franklin D. Roosevelt 1943.
The Seney National Wildlife Refuge is a managed wetland in Schoolcraft County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It has an area of 95,212 acres (385 km 2 ). It is bordered by M-28 and M-77 .
The Huron Islands are a group of eight small, rocky islands in Lake Superior, located about three miles (4.8 km) off the mouth of the Huron River in northwestern Marquette County, Michigan, United States. Together they comprise the Huron National Wildlife Refuge, which was established by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1905. [1]