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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 older Nordhouse Dunes, farther away from Lake Michigan, have had time for the process of plant succession to produce a forest ecosystem.The local climate supports beech, sugar maple, red oak, and white oak trees, mixed with a thin sprinkling of evergreens such as the red pine and Michigan's state tree, the white pine.
The Columbia Valley is a small valley and unincorporated settlement stretching southwest of Cultus Lake and extending across the Canada–United States border [1] into Whatcom County, Washington. [2] It is located to the south of the City of Chilliwack and east of Abbotsford, lying between Vedder Mountain and the main bulk of the Cascade Mountains.
Wickiup Reservoir is the second-largest reservoir in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located 60 miles (97 km) southwest of Bend, and is the largest of the Cascade Lakes. [3] Wickiup Reservoir is close to the Twin Lakes, Davis Lake, Crane Prairie Reservoir, Cultus Lake, and Little Cultus Lake.
Two miles south is a smaller lake called Little Cultus Lake. The two lakes are divided by Cultus Mountain. [3] The lake empties to the east via Cultus Creek, which flows into Crane Prairie Reservoir. [4] The area around Cultus Lake is known for its large ponderosa pine, Douglas-fir and western white pine, sometimes rising to 120 feet (37 m) tall.
Hidden forest estimated to be 13,500 years old discovered along Lake Michigan’s shore in Manitowoc County ... The Badger State is well known for its glacial landforms, created when glaciers ...
Columbia Valley Highway is located south of the city of Chilliwack and provides the only public road access to the tourist area at Cultus Lake [2] and rural Columbia Valley to the south. [3] The connection to Vedder Crossing was only built in 1916, with access prior to the Columbia Valley via roads from Washington State.
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.