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Proposed Ecological Reference Areas Proposed ERA Unavailable Or Limited For Timber Harvest* ID# Site Name Natural Community Category Land Manager Acres 7283 40th Street Oak-Pine Barrens Rare/Sensitive DNR 31 14542 Anderson Lake Rich Conifer Swamp Rare/Sensitive DNR 36 18776 Au Sable Fen Northern Fen Rare/Sensitive DNR 2 18778 Au Sable Pines Dry-mesic Northern Forest Rare/Sensitive DNR 13 16148 AU SABLE POINT Wooded Dune and Swale Complex Rare/Sensitive NPS 400 4498 Au Sable Point Boreal Forest Rare/Sensitive NPS 67 18775 Au Sable Swamp Rich Conifer Swamp Rare/Sensitive DNR 195 3734 Baldimore Bay Environmental Area Coastal Fen Rare/Sensitive DNR 66 17616 Baraga Plains Intermittent Wetland Rare/Sensitive DNR 136 4388 Baraga Plains Pine Barrens Rare/Sensitive DNR 85 3580 Barclay Lake Bogs Bog Rare/Sensitive DNR 27 17847 Bare Bluff Cliffs Volcanic Cliff Rare/Sensitive Conservancy 3 17846 Bare Bluffs Bald Northern Bald Rare/Sensitive Conservancy 3 4112 Barfield Lakes Rich Conifer Swamp Rare/Sensitive DNR, Conservancy 983 8926 Barfield Lakes Bog Rare/Sensitive DNR 138 10486 Barfield Lakes Mesic Northern Forest Rare/Sensitive DNR, Conservancy 152 4328 Barfield Lakes Dry Northern Forest Rare/Sensitive DNR 36 4661 Barker Creek Fen Northern Fen Rare/Sensitive DNR 31 8109 Bass Cove -- Drummond Island Limestone Bedrock Lakeshore Rare/Sensitive DNR 26 7430 Beavertown Lakes Muskeg Common DNR, Conservancy 1,920 10789 Beavertown Lakes Rich Conifer Swamp Rare/Sensitive DNR 207 9666 Beavertown Lakes Dry-mesic Northern Forest Rare/Sensitive DNR 194 10054 Beavertown Lakes Hardwood-Conifer Swamp Rare/Sensitive Conservancy, DNR 145 18759 Besser Natural Area Limestone Cobble Shore Rare/Sensitive DNR 46 18758 Besser Natural Area Open Dunes Rare/Sensitive DNR 9 18757 Besser Natural Area Interdunal Wetland Rare/Sensitive DNR 7 2123 Bete Grise -- Bear Bluff and Big Bay West Volcanic Bedrock Lakeshore Rare/Sensitive DNR 16 6496 Bethlehem Tract Wooded Dune and Swale Complex Rare/Sensitive DNR 2,783 18769 Betsie River Swamp Hardwood-Conifer Swamp Rare/Sensitive DNR 27 9955 Betsy Lake -- Tahquamenon Falls State Park Mesic Northern Forest Rare/Sensitive DNR 2,326 9565 Big Bass Lake Barrens Pine Barrens Rare/Sensitive DNR 15 11401 Big Bay de Noc Wooded Dune and Swale Complex Rare/Sensitive DNR 126 10118 Big Bay Road Mesic Northern Forest Rare/Sensitive DNR 6 4782 Big Bay South Outcrops Granite Bedrock Glade Rare/Sensitive DNR 13 6497 Big Knob Campground Wooded Dune and Swale Complex Rare/Sensitive DNR 3,144 11037 Big Knob Campground Interdunal Wetland Rare/Sensitive DNR 57 Page 1 *Area maybe partially or entirely unavailable or limted for timber harvest. Last Revised: 08/08/14, ACE Proposed Ecological Reference Areas ID# Site Name Natural Community Category Land Manager Acres 2938 Big Knob Campground Road Limestone Bedrock Glade Rare/Sensitive DNR 5 13163 Big Shoal Cove -- Drummond Island Great Lakes Marsh Rare/Sensitive DNR 1 17838 Big Stone Bay Boreal Forest Boreal Forest Rare/Sensitive DNR 131 660 Black Lake Forest Marsh Intermittent Wetland Rare/Sensitive DNR 34 18760 Black River Floodplain Floodplain Forest Rare/Sensitive DNR 295 17288 Black River Gorge Mesic Northern Forest Rare/Sensitive USFS 520 17289 Black River Gorge Sandstone Cliff Rare/Sensitive USFS 41 18131 Black River Gorge Volcanic Cliff Rare/Sensitive USFS 20 14558 Blind Sucker Creek Dry Northern Forest Rare/Sensitive DNR 110 4632 Bois Blanc Island Limestone Cobble Shore Rare/Sensitive DNR, Conservancy 65 17319 Bond Falls Volcanic Cliff Rare/Sensitive DNR 0.2 14549 Boreal #7 Boreal Forest Rare/Sensitive DNR 49 2363 Brevoort River Headwaters Poor Fen Rare/Sensitive DNR 25 8036 Brevoort River Headwaters Intermittent Wetland Rare/Sensitive DNR 10 993 Bryan Creek Dry-mesic Northern Forest Rare/Sensitive DNR 52 13479 Bush Bay Limestone Bedrock Glade Rare/Sensitive Conservancy 27 13466 Bush Bay Limestone Cobble Shore Rare/Sensitive Conservancy 9 15979 Bushman Swamp Rich Conifer Swamp Rare/Sensitive DNR 122 530 Cable Bay -- Beaver Island Open Dunes Rare/Sensitive DNR 11 2127 Cap's Cabin Boreal Forest Rare/Sensitive DNR 50 2700 Captain Jenks Homestead Patterned Fen Rare/Sensitive Conservancy 209 18895 Carney Swamp Rich Conifer Swamp Rare/Sensitive DNR 723 17934 Carp River and Lake of the Clouds Submergent Marsh Common DNR 26 17999 Carp River and Lake of the Clouds Northern Wet Meadow Common DNR 20 17932 Carp River East Northern Shrub Thicket Common DNR 146 17931 Carp River East Rich Conifer Swamp Rare/Sensitive DNR 2 18863 Carp River Swamp Hardwood-Conifer Swamp Rare/Sensitive DNR 51 19768 Carp River Swamp South Hardwood-Conifer Swamp Rare/Sensitive DNR 102 12308 Carpenter Creek North and South Oak-Pine Barrens Rare/Sensitive DNR 307 12676 Cat Harbor Wooded Dune and Swale Complex Rare/Sensitive Local, Conservancy 588 6100 Cathead Bay Mesic Northern Forest Rare/Sensitive DNR 472 4888 Cathead Bay Open Dunes Rare/Sensitive DNR 129 8689 Cathead Bay Great Lakes Barrens Rare/Sensitive DNR 28 3342 Cathead Bay Interdunal Wetland Rare/Sensitive DNR 12 13062 Cedar Island Rich Conifer Swamp Rare/Sensitive DNR 164 18761 Cedar Lake Northern Wet Meadow Common DNR 17 18762 Cedar Lake Northern Shrub Thicket Common DNR 12 Page 2 Last Revised: 08/08/14, ACE Proposed Ecological Reference Areas ID# Site Name Natural Community Category Land Manager Acres 17327 Cedar NFW Rich Conifer Swamp Rare/Sensitive DNR 1,026 17326 Cedar NFW Northern Fen Rare/Sensitive DNR, Conservancy 597 317 Central Cedar Swamp Rich Conifer Swamp Rare/Sensitive DNR 21 18154 Chapel Lake Pictured Rocks Sandstone Cliff Rare/Sensitive NPS 18 7436 Charbenou Lake Limestone Bedrock Glade Rare/Sensitive DNR 90 18892 Chippewa Salt Forest Floodplain Floodplain Forest Rare/Sensitive DNR 100 18825 Chris Brown Bog Bog Rare/Sensitive DNR 8 18823 Chris Brown Swamp Rich Conifer Swamp Rare/Sensitive DNR 94 10642 Chub Creek Swamp Northern Shrub Thicket Common DNR 123 807 Colonial Point Mesic Northern Forest Rare/Sensitive Conservancy 332 18689 Connor Lakes Bog Rare/Sensitive DNR 7 18690 Connor Lakes Intermittent Wetland Rare/Sensitive DNR 6 232 Coolbough Natural Areas -- Ore-Ida Prairie Dry Sand Prairie Rare/Sensitive Local Gov't 17 18680 County Road 421 Northern Fen Rare/Sensitive DNR 350 18679 County Road 421 Poor Fen Rare/Sensitive DNR 3 18890 Covington Nestoria Dry-Mesic Northern Forest Dry-mesic Northern Forest Rare/Sensitive DNR 104 18891 Covington Nestoria Mesic Forest Mesic Northern Forest Rare/Sensitive DNR 33 7496 Craig Lake Mesic Northern Forest Rare/Sensitive DNR 192 19758 Craig Lake Bogs Bog Rare/Sensitive DNR 58 19759 Craig Lake Fens Poor Fen Rare/Sensitive DNR 44 19757 Craig Lake Granite Cliff Granite Cliff Rare/Sensitive DNR 9 19756 Craig Lake Muskeg Muskeg Common DNR 179 18146 Craig Lake PLU Northern Wet Meadow Common DNR 37 18145 Craig Lake PLU Mesic Northern Forest Rare/Sensitive DNR 15 18141 Craig Lake Potential Landscape Unit Rich Conifer Swamp Rare/Sensitive DNR 6 19762 Craig Lake Spruce Swamp Poor Conifer Swamp Common DNR 76 19760 Craig Lake State Park Granite Bedrock Glade Rare/Sensitive DNR 4 19761 Craig Lake Swamp Hardwood-Conifer Swamp Rare/Sensitive DNR 129 18144 Craig Lake/Thompson Lake Mesic Northern Forest Rare/Sensitive DNR 125 18142 Craig Lake/Thompson Lake Potential Landscape Unit Northern Wet Meadow Common DNR 26 18143 Craig Lakes Potential Landscape Unit Granite Cliff Rare/Sensitive DNR 0.9 18826 Cranberry Lake Muskeg Common DNR 1,272 18827 Cranberry Lake Northern Shrub Thicket Common DNR 21 18828 Cranberry Lake Poor Conifer Swamp Common DNR 128 10262 Crawford Red Pines Dry Northern Forest Rare/Sensitive DNR 19 32 Creighton Marsh Patterned Fen Rare/Sensitive DNR 7,816 18149 Creighton Marsh Poor Fen Rare/Sensitive DNR 4,594 Page 3 Last Revised: 08/08/14, ACE Proposed Ecological Reference Areas ID# Site Name Natural Community Category Land Manager Acres 18150 Creighton Marsh Northern Wet Meadow Common DNR 191 18151 Creighton Marsh Northern Shrub Thicket Common DNR 19 19484 Crisp Point Sand and Gravel Beach Rare/Sensitive DNR 55 19485 Crisp Point Emergent Marsh Common DNR 17 19483 Crisp Point Bog Rare/Sensitive DNR 10 19476 Crisp Point Interdunal Wetland Rare/Sensitive DNR 7 19486 Crisp Point Mesic Northern Forest Rare/Sensitive DNR 161 6428 Crystal River Wooded Dune and Swale Complex Rare/Sensitive NPS 252 17617 Cyr Swamp Poor Fen Rare/Sensitive DNR 1,921 16923 Dawson Creek Rich Conifer Swamp Rich Conifer Swamp Rare/Sensitive Conservancy, DNR 2,038 18795 Deadman's Fen Northern Fen Rare/Sensitive DNR 5 18796 Deadman's Swamp Rich Conifer Swamp Rare/Sensitive DNR 73 18763 Deadstream Swamp Rich Conifer Swamp Rare/Sensitive DNR 1,291 18838 Dog Lake Muskeg Common DNR 185 18840 Dog Lake Poor Fen Rare/Sensitive DNR 44 18837 Dog Lake Bog Rare/Sensitive DNR 15 3851 Duck Lake Intermittent Wetland Rare/Sensitive DNR 48 13469 Dudley Bay Limestone Bedrock Glade Rare/Sensitive Conservancy 27 13470 Dudley Bay Coastal Fen Rare/Sensitive Conservancy 7 13468 Dudley Bay Limestone Bedrock Lakeshore Rare/Sensitive Conservancy 6 18893 Duke Rock Fish BSA East Mesic Forest Mesic Northern Forest Rare/Sensitive DNR 429 18894 Duke-Rock-Fish BSA East Hardwood-Conifer Swamp Hardwood-Conifer Swamp Rare/Sensitive DNR 101 18139 Duke-Rock-Fish Complex Potential Landscape Unit Hardwood-Conifer Swamp Rare/Sensitive DNR 249 18140 Duke-Rock-Fish Complex Potential Landscape Unit Mesic Northern Forest Rare/Sensitive DNR 78 6355 Eagle Harbor Dry Northern Forest Rare/Sensitive Local, Conservancy 170 699 Eagle Harbor Interdunal Wetland Rare/Sensitive Conservancy, Local
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