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Printable version; Page information; Get shortened URL; ... English: Map of Michigan State Forests and Management Units - United States. Date: 25 August 2011: Source:
The following is a list of state forests in the U.S. state of Michigan. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources manages the largest state forest system in the nation (2.8 million acres (16,000 km 2)), administered by the Forest Resources Division. In literature describing recreational uses of state forest lands, six state forests are ...
Managed by Michigan State University. Warren Woods Natural Area: 1967: Berrien: Private One of southern Michigan's last virgin beech-maple forests. Also includes sizable individual specimens of beech, maple and sycamore. Part of Warren Woods State Park.
In 2008, only a relatively small area (15%) of Australia's forests (mostly tall, wet forests) had been assessed for old-growth values. [5] Of the 23 million hectares (57 million acres) of forest in Australia assessed for their old-growth status, 5 million hectares (12 million acres) (22%) is classified as old-growth. [6]
The U.S. Forest Service owns 2.8 million acres (11,000 km 2) in these forests out of the designated areas which total 4.8 million acres (19,000 km 2) when including private inholdings. Several areas in the forests are designated wilderness and one area, Grand Island is a National Recreation Area.
Hartwick Pines State Park is a public recreation area covering 9,335 acres (3,778 ha) in Crawford County near Grayling and Interstate 75 on the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The state park contains an old-growth forest of white pines and red pines , known as the Hartwick Pines .
The Mackinaw State Forest is a 717,500-acre (2,904 km 2) forested area owned by the U.S. state of Michigan and operated by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.It is located in the northern area of the Lower Peninsula within the eight counties of Alpena, Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet, Montmorency, Otsego, and Presque Isle.
The park is home to the last climax beech-maple forest in Michigan, which occupies 200 acres (0.81 km 2).The virgin North American beech (Fagus grandifolia) and sugar maple (Acer saccharum) forest has specimens 125 feet (38 m) tall and with girths greater than 5 feet (1.5 m) in diameter.