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Source: Self-made using OpenJUMP with State of Michigan GIS, USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PADUS) version 1.2 and Inkscape. Licensing I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:
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. In literature describing recreational uses of state forest lands ...
The DNR Parks and Recreation Division also manages 138 state forest campgrounds (including a dozen equestrian campgrounds). The Michigan state game and wildlife areas encompass more than 340,000 acres (1,400 km 2). DNR also oversees the trail systems in the state.
The most popular Michigan state park or recreation area campground during the last fiscal year, which ran Oct. 1, 2022, to Sept. 30, 2023, was Ludington State Park in Ludington. It had 47,265 ...
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 state of Michigan acquired these land parcels after they had been stripped of their old growth trees in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; today, the state manages the land for reforestation. In many cases, the second-growth trees that have sprouted throughout Copper Country land are pulpwood trees such as aspen and birch. [1]
The Pere Marquette State Forest encompasses lands in the northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan, United States, on the western side of the state. Counties within the Pere Marquette are: Leelanau , Benzie , Grand Traverse , Kalkaska , Manistee , Wexford , Missaukee , Mason , Lake , Osceola , Oceana , Newaygo and Mecosta .
There is also Lake Margrethe State Forest campground. [4] This provides access for use by area residents, campers and tourists, who access the lake from the state forest campground located at its northwest corner. [5] Lake Margrethe was renamed after the wife of lumber baron Rasmus Hanson (1846-1927). Mr.