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The following is a list of Michigan state game and wildlife areas found throughout the U.S. state of Michigan. The state has a system of publicly owned lands managed primarily for wildlife conservation, wildlife observation, recreational activities, and hunting. Some areas provide opportunities for camping, hiking, cross-country skiing, fishing ...
The Michigan DNR manages the northern four islands of the Research area, located in Charlevoix County, from a full-time staffed office in Gaylord, Michigan. Properties on the two southern Fox Islands, located in Leelanau County, are managed from a staffed office in Cadillac, Michigan. [3] The Research Area hosts field studies on biology and ...
Pointe Mouillee State Game Area (/ ˈ p ɔɪ n t m w iː ˈ j eɪ /; point mwee-YAY or moo-LAY) is a state game area in the U.S. state of Michigan. [2] It encompasses 7,483 acres (30.3 km 2) of hunting, recreational, and protected wildlife and wetland areas at the mouth of the Huron River at Lake Erie, as well as smaller outlying areas within the Detroit River.
Hog Island, an uninhabited 2,075-acre (8 km 2) island in Lake Michigan, is the fourth largest island in the Beaver Island archipelago. It is owned by the U.S. state of Michigan as part of the Beaver Islands State Wildlife Research Area and is administered by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. [1]
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is the agency of the state of Michigan founded in 1921, charged with maintaining natural resources such as state parks, state forests, and recreation areas. It is governed by a director appointed by the Governor and accepted by the Natural Resources Commission. Since 2023, the Director is Scott ...
The overall hunting trend also is continuing downward, according to DNR statistics. For all of 2020, hunters took 411,000 deer, the DNR said in its annual hunting survey. That number has fallen ...
Michigan State Forests Map. 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.
All sixteen National Wild and Scenic Rivers in Michigan are managed by the Forest Service. [3] (See List of National Wild and Scenic Rivers#Michigan) Sleeping Bear Dunes and South Manitou Island from Empire Bluff Bridalveil Falls at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Fifteen federal wildernesses [4] in Michigan cover 249,218 acres (1,009 km 2):