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The following 8 pages use this file: Au Sable State Forest; Copper Country State Forest; Escanaba River State Forest; Lake Superior State Forest; List of Michigan state forests
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 ...
An 11,680-acre (47.3 km 2) parcel within the Au Sable State Forest, the Dead Stream Swamp, located 30 miles northeast of Cadillac, is described by its owner/operator, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment, as "an exceptionally large example of a northern white cedar freshwater swamp forest (Thuja occidentalis), considered to be the climax in bog forest development."
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.
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.
Porcupine Mountains State Park was established in 1945 to protect the area's large stand of old-growth forest, much of it of the "maple-hemlock" type. In 1972, Michigan passed the Wilderness and Natural Areas Act.
This high-resolution version was created by the World Resources Institute from the original map in the U.S. National Archives. [1] this map can be seen as part of a four-image set constituted of File:Virgin Forest in United States, 1850.png, File:Virgin Forest in United States, 1926.png and a last one with protected copy rights [2]
The Huron National Forest portion is in northeast lower Michigan. It has a total area of 438,538 acres (1,770 km 2). It lies in parts of Oscoda, Alcona, Iosco, Crawford, and Ogemaw counties. There are local ranger district offices in Mio and Oscoda. The Bull Gap ORV Trail is located in the Huron portion. It contains 115 miles (185 km) of ORV ...