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This relatively small area of 3,450 acres (14 km 2), situated on the east shore of Lake Michigan is one of the two designated wilderness areas in Michigan, and one of few in the U.S. with an extensive lake shore dunes ecosystem. Most of the dunes are 3500 to 4000 years old and some stand about 140 feet (43 m) higher than the lake.
The East Unit was a large infertile sandy area that was never homesteaded or developed. It was designated Marquette National Forest by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1909. This land was administered with Huron National Forest as the Michigan National Forest from 1918 until 1962, when it was transferred to Hiawatha. The forest was authorized to ...
GEMS and designated waterfowl production areas are categorized as state wildlife management areas. There are a total of 212 distinct units, which account for a total approximate land area of 688,000 acres (278,000 ha) or 1,075 square miles (2,780 km 2 ).
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 ...
The Manistee National Forest is a national forest located in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.It has a total area of 540,187 acres (2,190 km 2).It was established in 1938, and combined with the Huron National Forest in 1945 for administrative purposes, creating the Huron-Manistee National Forests.
In the 2020 census, the state contained 212 CDPs, which is 53 more than reported in the 2010 census. Newly designated CDPs will not have 2010 census information since that CDP did not exist at the time. In the cases where a CDP spans multiple townships or counties, the township and county listed first contains the largest land area for the CDP.
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This is a list of Superfund sites in Michigan designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law.The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]