BLM LIBRARY
88046095 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY PROPOSALS OR PUBLIC ISLANDS IN MICHIGAN AUGUST 1981
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August 1981
Dear Citizen:
This report contains the findings of the Bureau of Land Management as a result of its wilderness inventory of BlM-=ad®inistere«! public islands in the State of Michigan.
In the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976^ Congress directed the Bureau of Land Management to review all its lands to determine whether any areas should be added to the National Wilderness Preservation System. In Michigan, BLM lands consist of scattered remnants of the original public domain, namely: (1) islands that existed at the time of Statehood, but were omitted from original land surveys; and (2) islands that were surveyed but still remain unpatented. Included In the inventory are 384 river Islands, 237
inland lake Islands, and 228 Great Lake islands , totaling 960.06 acres. In addition, Waugoshance and Temperance Islands in Lake Michigan;, totaling 290 acres, h< ve been intensively Inventoried in the field*,
Based on our inventory results, I recommend that Waugoshance and Temperance Islands be dropped from further consideration as BLM Wilderness areas because of their proximity to Wilderness State Park. Under the terms of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, or other transfer authority, the State of Michigan could logically manage the islands and protect their natural values as part of the State Parko
I recommend that all other BLM islands in Michigan be dropped from further wilderness study because they clearly and obviously do NOT have wilderness
qualities . All of the BLM Islands in Michigan are listed in this report, grouped according to similarities In characteristics. Each grouping is identified in a Situation Evaluation (SE), which Includes a listing of islands, unit analysis, evaluation and recommendation. The SE narratives describe the features and values considered in determining the presence or
absence of wilderness characteristics \ all of the islands are roadless. Also enclosed is a state map that shows the location of the Islands and unit references. Reproductions of isore detailed maps of individual Islands are available upon request, QLM ubHArtY * eau RS 150A BLDG. 50 of Land Man*, DENVER FEDERAL CENTER * P.O BOX 25047 DENVER, CO 80225
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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I. INTRODUCTION 1
II. THE BLM WILDERNESS REVIEW PROGRAM 1
A. Inventory B. Study C. Reporting
III. KEY WILDERNESS CHARACTERISTIC FACTORS 2
A. Size B. Naturalness C. Outstanding Solitude or Recreation Opportunity
IV. PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT 3
A. Public Comment Guidelines B. Public Comment Analysis
V. THE ISLAND INVENTORY PROCESS 4
VI . SITUATION EVALUATIONS 5
A. Michigan Islands NOT RECOMMENDED for Further Study (Initial Inventory):
River Islands : Lower Peninsula LP-01 to LP-1 7 Upper Peninsula UP-01 to UP-06 47 Brule/Menominee River WI-08 61 (Michigan and Wisconsin)
Inland Lake Islands : MI -01 to MI-02 69
Great Lake Islands : GL-01 to GL-05 85
B. Michigan Islands NOT RECOMMENDED as Wilderness Study Areas (Intensive Inventory):
Great Lake Islands : Waugoshance and Temperance Islands GL-06 107 (Lake Michigan) Map 114
Now is your opportunity to review all the recommendations and to make your comments known. A 90-day comment period will begin August 28 and end November 25, 1981. Because of the scattered nature of BLM's island ownership in Michigan and the long distance to the nearest BLM office, we particularly encourage your written response. Public Comment Worksheets are enclosed for your convenience. The public is also welcome to view unit files, maps and other data at BLM's Field Office at Duluth, Minnesota. Please feel free to write or call the Acting Manager, or Stan Bauer, Landscape Architect, at (218) 727-6692, Ext. 378, to order maps or obtain further information about the inventory. Send your written comments to: Manager, Duluth Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, 125 Federal Building, Duluth, Minnesota 55802.
We particularly encourage comments from those who have first-hand knowledge of the areas involved. It is our objective to obtain, during this 90-day public review period, as much additional information as possible about the islands and our Inventory recommendations, before we announce a final decision.
Sincerely yours,
Pieter J. VanZanden Acting Eastern States Director
Enclosure
I. INTRODUCTION
The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-579) Is Congress' basic guidance to the Bureau of Land Management on how to manage the 470 million acres of public lands under its jurisdiction. One portion of that law (Section 603) directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Bureau to review all public land roadless areas of 5,000 acres or more and roadless islands of any size having wilderness characteristics; determine their suitability or non-suitability for wilderness designation; and report these suitability recommendations to the President no later than October 21, 1991. The President must then report his final recommendations to Congress within two years, and Congress will decide If any area becomes wilderness or not.
In determining these wilderness values, the law directs the Bureau to use the criteria given by Congress in the Wilderness Act of 1964. In Section 2(c) of that Act, Congress states that wilderness is essentially an area of undeveloped Federal land In a natural condition, without permanent improvements or human habitation, which has outstanding opportunities for solitude or a primitive and unconfined type of recreation. The area may contain ecological, geological, or other features of scientific, educational, scenic or historical value.
II. THE BLM WILDERNESS REVIEW PROGRAM
To accomplish the mandate of Section 603 of FLPMA, the Bureau has developed a framework for the wilderness review covering the following three phases: inventory, study, and reporting to Congress.
A. Inventory . The Inventory phase involves looking at the public lands to determine and locate the existence of areas containing wilderness characteristics according to the criteria established by Congress.
1. Initial . Based on existing Information , public lands and islands are reviewed to determine which clearly and obviously do NOT meet basic wilderness criteria. These areas are removed from further study.
2. Intensive . Remaining lands and islands are intensively field examined to determine if they contain the wilderness characteristics described in the Wilderness Act of 1964. If not, the areas are removed from any further study. If so, the areas are designated as Wilderness Study Areas. B. Study . The study phase involves the process of determining, through careful analysis, which wilderness study areas will be recommended as suitable for wilderness designation and which will be recommended as non-suitable. These determinations, made through BLM'9 land use planning system, consider all values, resources, and uses of public lands.
C. Reporting . The reporting phase consists of actually forwarding or reporting these suitable and non-suitable recommendations through the Secretary of the Interior and the President to Congress. Mineral surveys required by the law, environmental statements and other data are also submitted with these recommendations.
NOTE: ONLY CONGRESS CAN DESIGNATE AN AREA AS PART OF THE NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVATION SYSTEM.
III. KEY WILDERNESS CHARACTERISTIC FACTORS
The key factors used in the inventory process to identify roadless areas with wilderness characteristics are:
A. Size . At least 5,000 contiguous roadless acres of public lands or an island of any size.
B. Naturalness . The imprint of man's work must be substantially unnoticeable.
C. Either :
1. An Outstanding Opportunity for Solitude , or
2. An Outstanding Opportunity for a Primitive and Unconfined Type
of Recreation .
To qualify for wilderness study identification, an area of public land must be shown to meet both factors B and C. An island may be of any size. For an area of public land of less than 5,000 contiguous roadless acres to be considered for Wilderness Study Area identification, it must, in addition to possessing factors B and C, be either:
A. Contiguous with land managed by another agency which has been formally determined to have wilderness or potential wilderness values, or
B. Contiguous with an area of less than 5,000 acres of other Federal lands administered by an agency with authority to study and preserve wilderness lands, and the combined total is 5,000 acres or more, or C. Subject to strong public support for such Identification and it is clearly and obviously of sufficient size as to make practicable its preservation and use in an unimpaired condition, and of a size suitable for wilderness management.
These factors are described in detail in the Wilderness Inventory Handbook, which is available upon request.
IV. PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
Public involvement is a key element in all phases of the wilderness program. To be most useful and effective, public comments should specifically address the information being sought at each particular step.
The current public comment period is for the inventory phase. In addition to the information presented in this report, we realize that you may have information on a specific inventory unit that we are not aware of. One purpose of this comment period is to give you the opportunity to share your information with us.
A. Public Comment Guidelines
Worksheets ; To assist you in commenting on the inventory findings, we have described in detail on the enclosed sheets the criteria used in identifying inventory units having some potential for wilderness. Please use these criteria when you review the areas shown on the enclosed Wilderness Inventory Map and Situation Evaluations. We need information that will add, adjust or delete areas based on these factors.
In preparing written comments, It is recommended that a separate worksheet be prepared for each Inventory unit. This will permit all comments to be reviewed and retained in the permanent work files. Worksheets are provided to assist you in responding specifically about the characteristics of each island or area. Comments should be mailed to the Manager, Duluth Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, 125 Federal Building, Duluth, Minnesota 55802.
Maps : When submitting site-specific information, please refer to the inventory unit number for that area as shown on the Wilderness Inventory Map. We realize that the overall state map included in this packet Is too small to be used in the field. It is intended to give you an overview of the entire state's initial inventory recommendations. If you would like a larger scale map of a specific area or areas, the Duluth Field Office will supply you with one. We also encourage you to submit maps, with appropriate notations, with your comments. For More Information . All inventory files, maps, photos and other data are available for public inspection at the Duluth Field Office. Staff members there welcome your visit and will discuss BLM's wilderness review program at your convenience during regular office hours. For more information, contact the Acting Duluth Field Office Manager, or Stan Bauer, Landscape Architect, at (218) 727-6692, Ext. 378.
B. Public Comment Analysi s
At the end of the 90-day comment period, BLM will evaluate all public comments, and the Eastern States Director will issue his final decisions on which areas clearly and obviously do NOT contain wilderness characteristics. These areas will be dropped from further wilderness inventory, and all wilderness-related management restrictions imposed by law will be lifted.
A content analysis approach will be used to systematically review the public input that is received. The analysis does not make the decision, but rather is a tool to display public input efficiently.
From the outset, our goal is to obtain the information most useful to the decision-maker and to present it as objectively as possible. A Report of Public Response, containing information about the comments recieved and how they are processed, will be made available to the public.
V. THE ISLAND INVENTORY PROCESS
Initial Inventory
The initial wilderness inventory of islands in Michigan was conducted by systematically reviewing existing and readily available information, including aerial photographs, U.S. Geological Survey quadrangle maps, land status maps (when available), existing inventory reports on each island, and limited field verification.
Basic inventory reports already on file were the most useful tools. These reports are the result of actual field inventories. They describe the locations, existing uses, physical and biological conditions of the island, and surrounding water and land conditions. Most of the reports include at least one photograph. Numbers were also assigned to each island, and then recorded on USGS quadrangle maps. The same numbers are used to identify units and unit groupings in this wilderness inventory report—both in the Situation Evaluations and on the Map. —
Intensive Inventory
Field evaluations for two islands in Lake Michigan—Waugoshance and Temperance Islands were completed in order to determine whether they should become wilderness study areas. Summary sheets and narratives describing the features and values considered in determining the presence or absence of wilderness characteristics are presented in this report. A map Is also included. (See pages 107-114.)
VI. SITUATION EVALUATIONS
Situation Evaluations (SEs) have been prepared to document inventory recommendations on all other BLM-administered islands in the state; and the SEs are reproduced in this report (see pages 7-106). Each SE consists of the following, for each group of islands:
Wilderness Unit (Grouping) Identification Unit Analysis Unit Evaluation Unit Recommendation
The islands have been grouped according to similar physical characteristics, regardless of geographic location. Within each evaluation report, island "units" are listed alphabetically by county, then numerically by unit.
To locate the recommendation for a particular island, it may be necessary to leaf through all the SE reports, looking first for the county name, then for the unit number. Though this procedure may seem cumbersome, we encourage you to take the time to familiarize yourself with the entire report.
MICHIGAN
Bureau of Land Management Wilderness Inventory
RIVER ISLANDS:
Lower Peninsula:
SE No. UNIT NAME NO. OF ISLANDS ACREAGE
LP- 01 Flat River 16 3.0 LP-02 Flint River 13 14.7 LP-03 Grand River 54 59.4 LP-04 Huron River 21 6.7 LP-05 Kalamazoo River 45 29.5 LP-06 Looking Glass River 2 0.2 LP- 07 Manistee River 5 0.9 LP-08 Maple River 3 0.8 LP-09 Muskegon River 26 8.8 LP- 10 Raisin River 8 18.6 LP- 11 Saginaw River 1 15.0
LP- 12 St . Joseph River 18 10.3 LP- 13 Shiawassee River 5 3.6 LP- 14 Thornapple River 3 0.4 LP- 15 Thunder Bay River 10 5.7 LP- 16 Tittabawassee River 5 7.06 LP- 17 White Pigeon River 2 0.4
Total 237 185.06
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BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. LP -01
I. WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION RIVER/LAKE NAME: Flat STATE: Michigan - Lower Peninsula DISTRICT ESO - Lake States Office
Inv. Size in Legal Description County Unit Acres USGS Quad P.M. T. R. Sec. Kent 004 0.1 Lowell 15' M 7N. 9W. 25
Ionia 023 0.3 Smyrna 7.5' M 7N. 8W. 05 ft 024 0.1 Belding 7.5' M 8N. 8W. 02 11 025 0.4 M 8N. 8W. 10 ii 026 0.1 M 8N. 8W. 10 H 027 0.5 M 8N. 8W. 12 ii 14 028 0.2 v M 8N. 8W. ti 029 0.2 It v M 8N. 8W. 14 M 030 0.1 M 8N. 8W. 15
Montcalm 005 0.1 Greenville East 7.5' M 9N. 8W. 10 1 006 0.1 Greenville West 7.5' M 9N. 8W. 21 it 007 0.2 tt M 9N. 8W. 21 it 008 0.1 M M 9N. 8W. 21 it 009 0.1 1 M 9N. 8W. 22 it 010 0.3 Greenville East 7.5' M 9N. 8W. 26 ti 011 0.1 Howard City 15' M ION. 8W. 04
Sixteen islands; 3.0 acres BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. LP-01
IL UNIT ANALYSIS
There is a total of sixteen islands containing 3. acres found in the Flat River starting from a mile north of Turk Lake to just north of the city of Lowell. The islands occur as single units or in clusters of four or five. They are all under BLM jurisdiction. The riverbank ownership is broken down into three categories; Ionia #025, #026, #028, #029; Montcalm #005
lie within developed city limits , Ionia #024 and #027 are within the Flat River State Game Area and all remaining islands are surrounded by private ownership.
The islands contain no permanent improvements. The riverbank conditions vary from a natural, forested area to developed municipal area. A number of highways and farm to market roads cross and parallel the river. Gravel pits occur adjacent to a number of islands as well as city sewage disposal sites. The dominant riverbank use is cropland and pasture.
The islands all have some wildlife and scenic value. Human activity such as hunting has occurred on all of the islands. Firewood cutting and camp- fire rings are evidence of camping and picnicking on nine of the islands. These are generally the readily accessible islands.
These islands average two to six feet above water level. The vegetation is maple and willow. The understory is typically dogwood, willow and alders.
IIL UNIT EVALUATION
The area obviously and clearly does not have potential for wilderness. The islands are natural, but do not provide outstanding opportunities for solitude or primitive and unconfined recreation due to their small size, sparse screen- ing and lack of challenge.
IV. UNIT RECOMMENDATION
The islands are recommended as not qualifying for further inventory and should be dropped from the wilderness review process.
Landscape Architect Date
V. APPROVAL
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Program Manager ) Date BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. LP -02
I. WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION RIVER/LAKE NAME: Flint STATE: Michigan - Lower Peninsula DISTRICT ESO - Lake States Office
Inv. Size in Legal Description County Unit Acres USPS Quad P. M. T. R. Sec.
Genesee 001 0.5 Flushing 7.5' M 8N. 5E. 15 002 0.6 it M 8N. 5E. 27 003 0.4 M M 8N. 5E. 27 004 1.3 Montrose 7.5' M 9N. 5E. 04 5' 005 0.2 Birch Run South 7. M 9N. 5E. 10 006 8.0 Montrose 7.5' M 9N. 5E. 21 007 0.5 Birch Run South 7.5' M 9N. 5E. 27 008 0.1 Montrose 7. 5' M 9N. 5E. 28 009 0.2 tt M 9N. 5E. 28 010 2.0 Birch Run South 7.5' M 9N. 5E. 28
011 0.5 Flushing 7.5' M 7N. 6E. 05 012 0.3 n M 7N. 6E. 05 013 0.1 Davison 7. 5* M 8N. 8E. 09
Thirteen islands; 14. 7 acres
11 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. LP -02
IL UNIT ANALYSIS
The thirteen islands, comprising a total of 14.7 acres, are located in the Flint River from three-quarter miles south of the Genesee. to within one and one -half miles of the Interstate Route #75. Genesee #011 and #012 are within the city limits of Flint; Genesee #002 and #003 are within Flushing City Park. Genesee #013 is within the Genesee Recreational Area. The riverbank adjacent to the islands range from 100% agricultural land to those surrounded by metropolitan areas.
Genesee Unit #006 is the largest island, now being farmed by adjacent land owner. The islands have some scenic and wildlife value. Camping, pic- nicking and some snowmobiling have occurred on the islands. There are no permanent improvements on the islands.
The islands average from three to six feet above the water level with some islands up to eight feet. The vegetation is typically maple and willow, usually at a height of ten feet. The understory is primarily young willow with a grassy ground cover.
IIL UNIT EVALUATION
The islands obviously and clearly do not have potential for wilderness. The size of the islands average just over one acre and are widely scattered. The small size of these units do not give opportunities for solitude or primitive and unconfined recreation. There is little opportunity to avoid the sights and sounds of others on the islands. The islands enhance the river recreation for camping, picnicking and landing sites, but by themselves, do not provide out- standing opportunities.
IV. UNIT RECOMMENDATION
The islands are recommended as not qualifying for further inventory and should be dropped from the wilderness review process.
S>>7S^ j5,^CJUJJJf Hl^ciSo Landscape Architect Date
V. APPROVAL
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12 1i1 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. LP -03
I. WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION RIVER/LAKE NAME: Grand River STATE: Michigan -Lower Peninsul a DISTRICT ESO - Lake States Office
InVo Size in Legal Description County Unit Acres USGS Quad P.M. T. R. Sec.
Clinton 002 0.2 Portland 15' M 5N. 4W. 34 it 003 0.1 tr M 5N. 4W. 34
Eaton 001 1.0 Eaton Rapids 7.5' M 2N. 3W. 23 ti 002 0.5 «t M 2N. 3W. 26 ti 003 0.3 Wacousta 7.5' M 4N. 3W. 06 tt 004 0.4 Portland 15' M 4N. 4W. 02
Ingham 001 0.5 Springport 15' M IN. 2W. 28 n 5' 002 0.2 Lansing North 7. M 4N. 2W. 05
Ionia 002 0.1 Portland 15' M 5N. 5W. 17
1 t» 003 0.2 M 5N. 5W. 17 TI 004 0.2 tt M 5N. 5W. 20 if 005 1.0 it M 5N. 5W. 20 1 006 0.2 it M 5N. 5W. 21
1 it 007 1. 1 M 5N. 5W. 21 it 008 0.1 tt M 5N. 5W. 21 il 009 0.1 it M 5N. 5W. 22 if 012 0.5 tt M 7N. 5W. 20 ti 013 0.6 Ionia 15' M 7N. 6W. 19
if tt 014 0.8 M 7N. 6W. 19
1 it 015 0.1 M 7N. 6W. 19 IT 016 0.2 tt M 7N. 6W. 22 If 017 1.2 Portland 15' M 7N. 5W. 22 f I 018 0.2 tt M 7N. 5W. 22 f f 019 0.2 Ionia 15' M 7N. 5W. 22 1 1 020 1.5 f f M 7N. 5W. 22 If 021 0.6 ft M 7N. 7W. 32
Kent 001 1.7 Lowell 15' M 6N. 9W. 10 tt it 002 1.2 M 6N. 9W. 11 it n 003 0.3 M 6N. 9W. 11 ti 5' 012 1.3 Grand Rapids East 7. M 7N. 10W. 18 tt 013 1.5 Lowell 15' M 7N. 10W. 27 tt 014 0.1 tt M 7N. 10W. 27 tt 016 0.1 Grand Rapids West 7. 5' M 6N. 12W. 05 tt 017 0.2 Grandville 7.5' M 6N. 12W. 07 tt tv 018 1.4 M 7N. 12 V/. 25
13 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. LP -03
I. WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION RIVER/LAKE NAME; Grand River STATE: Michigan - Lower Peninsula DISTRICT ESQ - Lake States Office
Inv, Size in Legal Description County Unit Acres USGS Quad P. M. T. R. Sec. 001 4.4 Grandville 7.5' M 6N. 13W. 12 002 2.0 »t M 6N. 13W. 13 003 4.0 Ravenna 15' M 7N. 13W. 07 004 4.5 Grandville and Allendale M 7N. 13W. 20
• 7.5* 005 3.7 Allendale 7.5' M 7N. 13W. 27 006 0.8 Grandville 7.5' M 7N. 13W. 32 M 007 1.0 M 7N. 13W. 33 II 008 2.0 V M 7N. 13W. 34 009 0.8 II M 7N. 13W. 34 010 4.0 II M 7N. 13W. 35
011 0.7 Nunica 7.5' M 7N. 14W. 06 012 0.5 If M 7N. 14W. 08 013 0.6 Ravenna 15 M 7N. 14W. 08 014 0.2 M 7N. 14W. 08 015 2.5 M 7N. 14W. 09 016 0.4 M 7N. 14W. 11 017 3.5 M 7N. 14W. 11 018 2.5 M 7N. 14W. 12 019 2.6 M 7N. 15W. 01
Fifty -four islands; 59.4 acres
14 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. LP -03
IL UNIT ANALYSIS
There are fifty -four islands in the Grand River. With the exception of Ionia #002 -#009 and a couple of isolated individuals, the islands occur in the developed areas of the towns and cities of Onondaga, Eaton Rapids, Lansing, Grand Ledge, Ionia, Lowell, and Grand Rapids. Ionia #002 -#009 are located between the towns of Grand Ledge and Portland, surrounded by wooded river bank and agricultural lands. Ownership of the adjacent river bank is private. None of the islands are encumbered by leases or easements.
The islands are free of permanent improvements. They are used for hunting, camping and picnicking. The river receives recreational use for fishing, canoeing, boating, swimming and snowmobiling.
The islands are low -lying with no topographic features. The typical vegeta- tion consists of open stands of maple, ash, cottonwood, elms and willow. The density of the vegetation is limited by the small size of the island.
IIL UNIT EVALUATION
The islands clearly and obviously do not have potential for wilderness. The opportunities for solitude or primitive and unconfined recreation on the islands are limited by the small size, lack of any features and screening.
IV. UNIT RECOMMENDATION
The islands are recommended as not qualifying for further inventory and should be dropped from the wilderness review process.
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V. APPROVAL
// Program Manager ^ Date ' BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. LP -04
I. WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION RIVER/LAKE NAME: Huron River STATE: Michigan - Lower Peninsula DISTRICT ESO - Lake States Office
Inv. Size in Legal Description County Unit Acres USGS Quad P. M. T. R. Sec,
Washtenaw 001 0.1 Pinckney 7.5' M IS. 4E. 12 002 0.2 M IS. 4E. 12 003 0.1 M IS. 4E. 13 004 0.3 M IS. 4E. 13 005 0.1 Dexter 7.5' M IS. 4E. 24 M 006 0.1 M IS. 4E. 24 007 0.1 Pinckney 7.5' M IS. 4E. 24 008 0.3 Ann Arbor-West 7.5' M 2S. 5E. 03 009 0.2 M 2S. 5E. 04 010 0.2 M 2S. 5E. 05
011 0.4 M 2S. 5E. 09 012 0.2 M 2S. 5E. 10 013 0.2 M 2S. 5E. 10 014 1.3 Ann Arbor-East 7. 5' M 2S. 6E. 21 015 0.1 M 2S. 6E. 21 016 0.2 M 2S. 6E. 21 017 0.3 M 2S. 6E. 27 018 1.0 M 2S. 6E. 27 019 1.0 M 2S. 6E. 36 020 0.2 M 2S. 6E. 36 021 0.1 M 2S. 7E. 31
Twenty -one islands; 6.7 acres
16 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION N0 « LP-Q4
IL UNIT ANALYSIS
There are twenty -one islands totalling 6.7 acres all located within Washtenaw County on the Huron River, They are located just below Base Line Lake, Washtenaw -Livingston. County line, to the south end of the city of Ann Arbor. Washtenaw #001 -#007 are within the Huron --Mills Metro Park and Washtenaw #008 -#013 are within the Dexter -Huron Metro Park. The remaining islands are near or within the city limits of Ann Arbor.
There are no permanent structures on any of the islands except Washtenaw #014, the largest, which contains a small auditorium built by the city of Ann Arbor. Other uses are picnicking, boating and canoe landings. The islands located within "he city limits have mowed grass.
The overs to ry vegetation is similar to the riverbank, mainly maple, ash, elm and cottonwood. The understory is basically willow and dogwood. The islands vary little in height; they range from two to five feet above mean high water.
IIL UNfT EVALUATION
The area obviously and clearly does not have potential for wilderness. Although three islands are over one acre, the majority of the islands average less than
. 5 acres. The riverbanks are primarily natural and scenic. The river offers some outstanding scenic and recreational use, but the islands themselves are too small in size and diversity to offer a challenge for a primitive and uncon- fined recreation use. The small size of the islands limit the ability for solitude from others on the islands.
IV. UNIT RECOMMENDATION
The islands are recommended as not qualifying for further inventory and should be dropped from the wilderness review process.
'JXZrs L>djuuct *//>>/:^ Landscape Architect Date
V. APPROVAL
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17 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. LP -05
I. WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION RIVER/LAKE NAME: Kalamazoo River STATE: Michigan - Lower Peninsula DISTRICT ESO - Lake States Office
Inv. Size in Legal Description County Unit Acres USGS Quad P.M. T. R. Sec.
Allegan 001 0.2 Kalamazoo NE 7.5' M IN. 11W. 33 ?i 003 2.0 Allegan 15' M 2N. 13W. 28 u M 004 2.5 M 2N. 13W. 33 ii n 005 0.2 M 2N. 14W. 09
Calhoun 002 0.4 Marshall 15' M 2S. 5W. 26 n it 003 0.1 M 2S. 5W. 26 M 004 0.3 •K M 2S. 5W. 34 ti 005 3.5 tt M 2S. 5W. 34 it 007 0.3 tt M 2S. 6W. 25 n tt 008 2.0 M 2S. 6W. 26 M 009 0.5 Ceresco 7.5' M 2S. 6W. 34 ii 010 0.4 Marshall 15' M 2S. 6W. 34 M 012 1.0 Battle Creek 7.5' M 2S. 7W. - 16 it 013 2.0 Ceresco 7.5' M 2S. 7W. 16
M 014 0.1 Battle Creek 7.5' M 2S. 7W. 16 ii 015 0.3 tt M 2S. 7W. 16 it 016 0.1 it M 2S. 7W. 16 ii 017 0.1 tt M 2S. 7W. 18 ii 018 0.1 it M 2S. 7W. 18 ii 019 0.6 tt M 2S. 7W. 18 m 020 0. 1 Ceresco 7.5* M 2S. 7W. 22 ii 021 0.1 tt M 2S. 7W. 22 it 022 0.2 tt M 2S. 7W. 23 it tt 023 0. 1 M 2S. 7W. 23
ti 024 0.6 tt M 2S. 7W. 23
•I tt 025 0. 1 M 2S. 7W. 24 it 026 0.3 tt M 2S. 7W. 25 ii 027 0.5 tt M 2S. 7W. 25 M 030 1.3 Augusta 7. 5' M IS. 8W. 30 it 031 0.1 Battle Creek 7.5' M 2S. 8W. 12
tt tt 032 0. 1 M 2S. 8W. 13
Kalamazoo 001 0.7 Augusta 7. 5' M IS. 9W. 34 M 002 0.2 ti M IS. 9W. 35
18 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. LP -05
I. WILDERNESS UNFT IDENTIFICATION RIVER/ LAKE NAME: Kalamazoo River STATE: Michigan -Lower Peninsula DISTRICT ESO - Lake States Office
InVo Size in Legal Description County Unit Acres USGS Quad P. M. T. R. Sec.
1 Kalamazoo 003 0.2 Augusta 7. 5 M 2S. 9W. 09 004 0.2 Galesburg 7.5' M 2S. 9W. 17 007 0.4 Kalamazoo 7.5' M 2S. 10W. 19 008 0.1 M 2S. 10W. 19 009 0.4 M 2S. 10W. 20 010 2.0 Galesburg 7.5' M 2S. 10W. 24 011 0.9 M 2S. 10W. 24 012 0.1 M 2S. 10W. 24
014 1.0 Kalamazoo NE 7.5' M IS. 11W. 10 015 0.2 Kalamazoo 7.5' M IS. 11W. 22 016 1.7 M IS. 11W. 22 017 1.2 M IS. 11W. 27
Forty -five islands; 29.5 acres BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. LP -05
IL UNn ANALYSIS
There are forty -five BLM islands in the Kalamazoo River. They are widely scattered in the river from Marengo to Allegan, Michigan. The land owner- ship pattern along the river is private and municipal. Twenty -three of the islands lie within or near the developed area of Marengo, Marshall, Battle Creek, Augusta, Galesburg, Kalamazoo, and Allegan.
A road bridge on Kalamazoo #007 is the only permanent improvement of any of these islands. The river bank varies from agricultural use to transporta- tion corridors of major highways and Interstate #94. Most of the islands receive use for camping, picnicking and hunting.
Maple, ash, sycamore, willow, and elm are the dominant tree species with dogwood and alders as the understory. Vegetative cover ranges from grass only to open stands of trees. The islands are three to four feet above mean high water.
IIL UNIT EVALUATION
The islands clearly and obviously lack potential for wilderness. Solitude and primitive and unconfined recreation opportunity's are severely limited on these islands due to the small size and lack of challenge and screening. The outside imprints of man from most of the islands would be impossible to avoid.
IV. UNIT RECOMMENDATION
The islands are recommended as not qualifying for further inventory and should be dropped from the wilderness review process.
-~>l^-m UO-^-r /A>/t* Landscape Architect Date
V. APPROVAL
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20 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SrTUATION EVALUATION NO. LP -06
I. WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION RIVER/ LAKE NAME: Looking Glass River - STATE: Michigan - Lower Peninsula DISTRICT ESO Lake States Office
Inv. Size in Legal Description County Unit Acres USGS Quad P. M. T. R. Sec.
5' Clinton 001 0. 1 Wacousta 7. M 5N. 3W. 15
Ionia 001 0. 1 Portland 15' M 5N. 5W. 01
Two Islands; . 2 acres
21 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. LP -06
II. UNIT ANALYSIS
There are two islands in this unit, one located just west of the Clinton - Ionia County line and the other just off of Francis Road in Clinton County. The riverbank adjacent to the islands is agricultural land with a small buffer zone of forested lands.
The influence of man on these islands is evident from picnicking, swimming, and boat and canoe landing use. The islands have some wildlife and scenic value.
These two islands average two and one -half feet above the mean high water level. The vegetation of Ionia #001 is an overstory of maple and ash with a willow understory. Clinton #001 has an open stand of maple and willow with a good ground cover of grass.
TIL UNIT EVALUATION
These two islands obviously do not have the potential for wilderness. These
islands, because they are only 0. 1 acre each, do not provide outstanding opportunities for solitude and primitive recreation.
IV. UNIT RECOMMENDATION
The islands are recommended as not qualifying for further inventory and should be dropped from the wilderness review process.
y/>j/^' 'iA^-u-^±t£ , Landscape Architect Date
V. APPROVAL
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2? BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. LP -07
I. WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION RIVER/LAKE NAME: Manistee STATE: Michigan - Lower Peninsula DISTRICT ESO - Lake States Office
Inv. Size in Legal Description County Unit Acres USGSQuad P. M. T. R. Sec.
Manistee 001 0.3 Bar Lake 15' M 2 IN. 16W. 03 002 0.3 it M 2 IN. 16W. 05 003 0.1 M 2 IN. 16W. 05 004 0.1 Onekama 15' M 22N. 16W. 25 005 0. 1 M 22 N. 16W. 25
Five islands; 0.9 acres -
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. LP -07
II. UNIT ANALYSIS
This unit consists of five islands containing 0. 9 acres, located between one and one -half miles east of State Highway #65 and the eastern boundary of Manistee River State Game Area. These islands are all under the BLM jurisdiction. All of the islands fall within the Manistee River State Game Area.
Use of the islands is limited to fishing, boat and canoe landing. The river bank and islands are vegetated by ash and maple. The understory is willow and alder. The islands are two to four feet above mean high water.
IIL UNIT EVALUATION
These islands obviously and clearly do not have potential for wilderness. Because these five islands total less than one acre in size, they do not provide outstanding opportunity for solitude or primitive recreation. The sights and sounds of others on the islands would be impossible to avoid.
IV. UNIT RECOMMENDATION
The islands are recommended as not qualifying for further inventory and should be dropped from the wilderness review process.
Landscape Architect Date
V. APPROVAL
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24 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. LP -08
I. WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION RIVER/LAKE NAME; Maple River STATE: Michigan -Lower Peninsula DISTRICT ESQ - Lake Stales offi™
Inv. Size in Legal Description County Unit Acres USGS Quad P. M. T. R. Sec.
Clinton 004 0,4 Hubbard 7.5' M 8N. 4W. 15
Ionia 010 0.3 Palo 7.5' M 7N. 5W. 09 ii 011 0.1 Portland 15' M 7N. 5W. 18
Three islands; 0. 8 acres
25 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. LP -08
IL UNIT ANALYSIS
There are three single islands containing a total of 0. 8 acres, found in the Maple River from the city of Muir in Ionia County to Tallman Road in Clinton County. Ionia #011 is located directly in the city of Muir; Clinton #004 is in the Maple River State Game Area and Ionia #018 is located between these two islands surrounded by private lands.
Man's activities on these islands is extensive consisting of picnicking, camping, fishing, swimming and snowmobiltng. The primary overstory vegetation on the islands is maple, with native shrubs as understory. The surrounding area differs from half agriculture and residential to completely forested.
IIL UNIT EVALUATION
These islands obviously and clearly do not have the potential for wilderness. The small size limifethe opportunities for solitude or primitive and unconfined recreation. The sparse vegetation does not provide screening from the sights and sounds of others using the islands. Lack of any challenge or diversity limits recreation potential.
IV. UNIT RECOMMENDATION
The islands are recommended as not qualifying for further inventory and should be dropped from the wilderness review process.
c^T7^ p&~* y/^/&> Landscape Architect
V. APPROVAL
C
N "Program Manager i Date BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. LP -09
I. WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION RIVER/LAKE NAME: Muskegon River STATE: Michigan- Lower Peninsula DISTRICT ESO - Lake States Office
Inv Size in Legal Description County Unit Acres USGS Quad P.M. R. Sec.
Clare 005 0.7 Marion 15' M 19N. 6W. 16 ti M 006 0.2 M 19N. 6W. 16 it M 007 0.1 M 19N. 6W. 29
Mecosta 002 0.5 Evart 15' M 16N. 9W. 05 006 0.8 Big Rapids 15' M 15N. 10W. 36 007 0.3 Reed City 15' M 16N. 10W. 15 008 1.1 Evart I§' M 16N. 10W. 22 M 009 0.7 M 16N. 10W. 27 010 0.3 ft M 16N. 10W. 27
Newaygo 002 0.8 Fremont 15' M 12 N. 13W. 32 003 0.4 M 12N. 13W. 34 004 0.2 M 12 N. 13W. 34 005 0.4 M 12N. 13W. 35 006 0.2 M 12 N. 13W. 35 007 0.1 M UN. 14W. 14 008 0.1 Twin Lake 15' M iin. 14W. 20 009 0.1 it M iin. 14W. 20
Osceola 001 0.1 Lake 15' M 18N. 7W. 15 002 0.1 Evart 15' M 17N. 8W. 04 003 0.1 Lake 15* M 18N. 8W. 25 005 0.1 Evart 15' M 17N. 9W. 30 006 0.2 M 17N. 9W. 31 007 Oel M 17 N. 9W. 32 008 IcO M 17N. 9W. 32 009 0.1 M 17N. 9W. 32 010 4,0 M 17N. 9W. 32
Twenty -six islands; 8.8 acres
27 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. LP-09
II. UNIT ANALYSIS
The twenty -six BLM islands in this unit contain only 8. 8 acres. This acreage is widely distributed in the stretch of the Muskegon River between Temple and Big Rapids with a concentration near Hersey. There are no leases or improvements encumbering these islands.
The islands are free of any permanent improvements except Osceola #001 with a foot bridge from the adjacent river bank. This island and Osceola #005 have also been cleared and maintained for camping. The other islands also receive use for camping, picnicking and hunting. The river bank is used for agriculture, highway right of ways and town sites as well as some which has been maintained as natural woodland.
Vegetation is limited to a few trees of ash, maple, cottonwood, and elm with willows on the islands edge. There is little understory. Topographi- cally, the islands are typical low -lying river islands.
IIL UNIT EVALUATION
These islands clearly and obviously do not have wilderness potential. The small size, lack of screening, and lack of challenge limit any opportunities for solitude or primitive recreation.
IV. RECOMMENDATION
The islands are recommended as not qualifying for further inventory and should be dropped from the wilderness review process.
LandscapemdscaDe Architect Date
V. APPROVAL
'rogram Manager Date / ^ )
28 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. L p-io
I. WILDERNESS UNFT IDENTIFICATION RIVER/1JiKE NAME: Raisin River STATE: Michigan - Lower Peninsula DISTRICT ESO - Lake States Office
Inv. Size in Legal Description County Unit Acres USGS Quad P.M. R. Sec.
Lenawee 002 2.0 Blissfield 7. 5' M 7S. 5E. 14
Monroe 001 2.5 Ida 7. 5* M 6S. 8E. 18 002 1.0 Monroe 7.5' M 6S. 8E. 20 003 1.2 ?» M 6S. 8E. 27 004 0.5 it M 6S. 9E. 31 005 2.3 ii M 6S. 9E. 21 006 4.6 it M 7S. 9E. 06
M * 008 4.5 M 7S. 9E. 05
Eight islands; 18.60 acres
?o BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. 10
II. UNIT ANALYSIS
This unit on the Raisin River contains eight islands totalling 18. 6 acres. They are located from one -half mile west of Rodesiler Highway to one -half mile west of Interstate Highway #75 in the city of Monroe. Monroe #004 -#006, #008 are all located within the city limits of Monroe. The land surrounding the other islands within Monroe County is primarily agriculture. Lenawee #002 is sur- rounded by agricultural and residential lands.
There are no permanent improvements on the islands. There are two county highways that parallel the river on either side. Residential homes are dispersed along these highways. Human activity on the islands are primarily camping, picnicking, fishing and boat and canoe landings.
The islands average from three to six feet above mean high water level with the smallest island, Monroe #004, at only two feet above mean high water. The over- story vegetation consists of elm, cottonwood, ash and maple, while the understory is willow and other native plants.
III. UNIT EVALUATION
The islands obviously do not have the potential for wilderness. Solitude and primitive recreation opportunities are limited by the small size, limited screening, and lack of challenge.
IV. UNIT RECOMMENDATION
The islands are recommended as not qualifying for further inventory and should be dropped from the wilderness review process.
~7fc^ O/tA^r Landscape Architect
V. APPROVAL
fs<7/>. Program Manager \ Date /
30 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. LP- 11
I. WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION RIVER/LAKE NAME; Saginaw STATE: Michigan - Lower Peninsula DISTRICT ESQ - Lake States Office
Inv. Size in Legal Description County Unit Acres USGS Quad P. M. T. R. Sec.
5' Saginaw 005 15.0 Saginaw 7. M 12N. 5E. 08
One island; 15 acres 31 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. LP- 11
II. UNfT ANALYSIS
There is only one island (15 acre Carroliton Bar) in the Saginaw River
under the BLM jurisdiction. It is located within the city limits of Saginaw. The island is extremely long and narrow in shape.
There are no permanent improvements on this island. The riverbanks surrounding it are developed residential and industrial areas. A county highway crosses the river just below the island and on either side of the island, two highways parallel the riverbanks.
This island is twenty feet above the mean water level. The vegetation is cottonwood, ash, willow and maple. There is an open field within the center portion of the island. Human activity on the island is very heavy, particularly day use such as picnicking, fishing and snowmobiling in winter. There is some evidence of camping on the island.
Ill UNIT EVALUATION
The island obviously and clearly does not have potential for wilderness. Although the island is 15 acres in size, because of its shape and partial
lack of overstory, it does not allow outstanding solitude from noise of the city or from any others on the island. The lack of challenge or diversity limits opportunities for primitive and unconfined recreation.
IV. UNIT RECOMMENDATION
The island is recommended as not qualifying for further inventory and should be dropped from the wilderness review process.
Landscape Architect
V. APPROVAL
(Program Manager \ Date I
32 1 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. LP -12
I. WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION RIVER/LAKE NAME; St. Joseph STATE: Michigan - Lower Peninsula DISTRICT ESQ - Lake States Office
Inv. Size in Legal Description County Unit Acres USGS Quad P. M. T. R. Sec.
Berrien 003 0.9 Berrien Springs 7.5' M 6S. 17W. 06 it 5* 004 0.3 Niles West 7. M 8S. 17W. 15 11 005 0.8 Berrien Springs 7.5' M 6S. 18W. 01 »t 006 1.3 Benton Harbor 7 .5* M 4S. 19W. 25 it M 007 0.1 M 4S. 19W. 36
Cass 006 1.5 Vandalia7.5' M 8S. 13W. 12 M »i 007 0.1 M 8S. 13W. 12 n ti 008 0.9 M 8S. 13W. 14 M it 009 0.6 M 8S. 13W. 23
St. Joseph 001 0.1 Leonidas 15' M 5S. 9W. 29 1 n 002 1.2 M 5S. 9W. 20 ti ii 003 0.6 M 5S. 10W. 25 ti I? 004 0.1 M 5S. 10W. 27 it 005 0.3 Three Rivers West 7.5' M 6S. 11W. 19 ti m 006 0.1 M 6S. 11W. 30 it 009 0.8 Constantine 7,.5' M 7S. 12W. 23 it M 010 0.3 M 7S. 12W. 23 it H 011 0.3 M 7S. 12W. 27
Eighteen islands; 10.3 acres 33 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. LP -12
II. UNIT ANALYSIS
This unit consisting of eighteen islands and 10. 3 acres is located on the St. Joseph's River starting with an island three-quarter mile south of State Highway #60 on Bennett Road, ending one -half mile up stream from the Indiana -Michigan state line. The St. Joseph River flows into Indiana at this point, and returns to Michigan at Niles in Berrien County. The unit then picks up with the first island located one and one -quarter mile north of the state line and ends at Benton Harbor on Lake Michigan shore- line. Berrien #006 and #007 are located within the city limits of Benton Harbor; St. Joseph #004 is located in Mendor. St. Joseph #005 is located in Three Rivers and St. Joseph #009 and #010 are located within the city limits of Constantine. The remaining islands located on this river are adjacent to private agricultural lands. These islands are mainly single and widely separated except for one group along the Cass -St. Joseph county line.
There are no permanent improvements present on these islands. The river banks outside of the city limits are agricultural lands with a buffer of natural forest. The islands within the city limits are almost all residential lands. There are many county roads that either run parallel to or cross the river at regular intervals.
Human activities on the islands are camping, picnicking and boat and canoe landings. The vegetation of the islands is primarily ash, elm and maple. The understory is sparse. The gio und cover is grass. The screening of these islands are poor to none. The islands range from three to six feet above mean high water level with two of the small islands only two feet above the water level.
IIL UNIT EVALUATION
The islands obviously and clearly do not have potential for wilderness. The small size of these islands as well as the lack of vegetative screening, does not allow for any solitude on these islands. The islands enhance the recrea- tion use of the river for camping, picnicking, boating and canoeing, but by themselves, do not provide outstanding opportunities for primitive and uncon fined recreational use.
34 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. LP -12
IV. UNIT RECOMMENDATION
The islands axe recommended as not qualifying for further inventory and should be dropped from the wilderness review process.
Landscapeandscape Architect Date
V. APPROVAL
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/^^^7^) j wuu n i. .. 4m%£.rA3v/&£> "Program Manager >* Dare
35 WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. LP-13
I. WILDERNESS UNrT IDENTIFICATION RIVER/ LAKE NAME: Shiawassee River STATE: Michigan - Lower Peninsula DISTRICT ESO - Lake States Office
Inv. Size in Legal Description County Unit Acres USGS Quad P. M. T. R. Sec.
Shiawassee 001 0.3 Chesaning 15' M 7N. 2E. 13 it 002 2.0 •I M 8N. 2E. 36 11 003 0.1 it M 8N. 2E. 36 n 004 0.8 Corrunna 7. 5' M 6N. 3E. 25 ii 005 0.4 Chesaning 15' M 8N. 3E. 18
Five islands; 3.6 acres
36 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. LP-13
IL UNIT ANALYSIS
These five islands are under BLM jurisdiction and are not encumbered by any leases or easements. They occur as widely separated individuals except #002 and #003. The riverbank is privately owned. Island #001 lies within the town of Owosso.
There are no permanent improvements on any of the islands. The riverbank is steeped and wooded but developed with residential areas, highways, or fields. Camping, picnicking and hunting are common uses on the islands.
These are typical long, narrow river islands supporting maples and willows, with a generally clear understory.
IIL UNIT EVALUATION
These islands clearly and obviously do not have wilderness potential due to their small size, lack of screening and lack of features. Solitude or primitive recrea tion opportunities would not be outstanding on the islands.
IV. UNIT RECOMMENDATION
The islands are recommended as not qualifying for further inventory and should be dropped from the wilderness review process.
•-//. V>7^ fJ (v.*** '*<*{ T;\) Landscape Architect Date
V. APPROVAL
'£& J/A /Vf-^^L- f/sty Program Manager \ Date BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. LP -14
I. WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION RIVER/LAKE NAME: Thornapple STATE: Michigan DISTRICT ESO - Lake States Office
Inv. Size in Legal Description County Unit Acres USGSQuad P.M. T. R. Sec.
Kent 009 0.1 Lowell 15' M 5N. 10W. 10 010 0.1 M 5N. 10W. 10 Oil 0.2 M 5N. 10W. 15
Three islands; 0. 4 acres
38 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. LP -14
II. UNIT ANALYSIS
There are three islands with a total of 0.4 acres. Found in the Thornapple River, these islands are located in a two mile stretch between the towns of Labarge and Alaska. Kent #009 and #010 are located within Kent County Park just south of Alaska. Kent Unit #011 is located one -half mile north of Labarge.
Permanent structures are not present on any of the islands. The riverbanks range from natural to residential areas. Thornapple River Road runs parallel to the river between this two mile section. Agricultural croplands occur along most of the riverbank below the county park. Man's use of the islands is heavy. These islands show extensive use of camping, picnicking, hunting, swimming, boat and canoe landing, as well as snowmobile trails.
The islands average four to five feet above mean high water. The overstory consists of maple, ash and basswood. The understory contains mainly willow and rose shrubs.
IIL UNIT EVALUATION
The islands do not have the potential for wilderness. Due to their small size the islands do not provide outstanding opportunity for solitude. The sights and sounds of others on the islands would be difficult to avoid. The islands offer some recreation opportunities related to the river use, but do not provide outstanding opportunities due to the small size, lack of challenge and lack of screening.
IV. UNIT RECOMMENDATION
The islands are recommended as not qualifying for further inventory and should be dropped from the wilderness review process.
~3£^ ibd^-i* 7/3^/^ Landscape Architect Date
V. APPROVAL 1 A VV /A - "~ Program Manager /^ ) Date /
39 . BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. LP-I5
I. WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION RIVER/ LAKE NAM E: Thunder Bay R iver STATE: Michigan - Lower Peninsula DISTRICT ESQ - Lake States Office
Inv. Size in Legal Description County Unit Acres USGS Quad P. M. T. R. Sec. 5' Alpena 001 0.8 Lachine 7. M 3 IN. 6E. 03 M 002 L5 M 3 IN. 6E. 03 M 003 0.3 M 3 IN. 6E. 11 M 004 0.2 M 3 IN. 6E. 3 & 11 005 0.2 Tt M 32N. 6E. 36 006 1.5 Alpena 7.5' M 3 IN. 8E. 07 it 007 0.2 M 3 IN. 8E. 07 n 008 0.3 M 3 IN. 8E. 07
u » 009 0.4 M 3 IN. 8E. 07 I? 010 0.3 M 3 IN. 8E. 18
Ten islands; 5. 7 acres BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. LP -15
IL UNIT ANALYSIS
The ten BLM islands in this unit occur as a group of four (#001 -#004) and an individual (#005) in the western boundary of Thunder Bay River State Forest, and a group of five (#006 -#010) on the developing edge of Alpena. The adjacent riverbank lands are under state and private ownership.
The islands have no permanent improvements. The riverbank surrounding Island #001 -#005 is undeveloped and forested except one cabin near #005. The riverbank around Islands #006 -#010 is highly developed with powerline corridors and crossings, residential development and highway. The islands are subject to hunting, picnicking and camping use.
All of the islanas are long, narrow low islands typical of river islands. The vegetation is maple, ash, elm, and willow with dogwood understory. The density is generally limited by the small size of the island.
IIL UNIT EVALUATION
The islands clearly do not have wilderness potential. The small size and lack of challenging or diverse features and screening, limit any opportunities for solitude or primitive and unconfined recreation. The development surrounding Islands #006 -#010 would be unavoidably noticeable as an imprint of man's work.
IV. UNIT RECOMMENDATION
The islands are recommended as not qualifying for further inventory and should be dropped from the wilderness review process.
$tfrn U&jajjl - . V/^/.-jo Landscape Architect Date
V. APPROVAL
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41 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. LP -16
I. WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION RIVER/LAKE NAME: Tittabawassee STATE: Michigan - Lower Peninsula DISTRICT ESO - Lake States Office
Inv. Size in Legal Description County Unit Acres USGS Quad P. M. T. R. Sec.
Saginaw 001 2.0 Saginaw 7. 5' M UN. 4E. 04 002 2.0 Michigan -St. Charles 15' M 12 N. 4E. 18 ii 003 1.0 M 12 N. 4E. 19 M 004 2.0 M 12 N. 4E. 30 006 0.06 it M 12 N. 3E. 03
Five islands; 7.06 acres BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NOo LP -16
IL UNIT ANALYSIS
This unit of five islands totalling 7.06 acres, are in the Tittabawassee River between three-quarter mile east of Dice to within a one -half mile of the city of SaginaWo These islands are all under BLM jurisdiction and occur either as individuals or in a cluster of three The lands adjacent to the islands are privately owned.
There are no permanent structures present on the islands. The riverbanks ' condition ranges from natural to residential areas. Two county highways parallel the river from Saginaw northward with a few roads crossing at strategic points. Agricultural lands appear along most of the length of the river.
Human activity on all but the smallest, Saginaw #006, is quite heavy. Activities include camping, picnicking, hunting, snowmobiling, fishing and boat and canoe landing.
The islands average two to four feet above mean high water with the exception of Saginaw #001 which is six feet above high water level. The vegetation on all but Saginaw #006 is maple, ash, and cottonwood, with willow understory. Saginaw #006, because of flooding, has a few willows with no overstory or ground cover.
IIL UNIT EVALUATION
The islands do not have potential for wilderness. The islands are in relatively natural state, but due to their small size and limited screening, do not provide outstanding solitude opportunities. Primitive and unconfined recreational opportunities are also limited by the small size, as well as lack of challenge or diverse features.
IV. UNIT RECOMMENDATION
The islands are recommended as not qualifying for further inventory and should be dropped from the wilderness review process.
Landscape Architect Date
APPROVAL
' //^ vJ*Kk?o ~^? M ^, Program Manager ) 43 Date BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. LP -17
I. WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION RIVER/LAKE NAME: White Pigeon
STATE: Michigan - Lower Peninsula DISTRICT ESQ - Lafc states Offlr.e
Inv. Size in Legal Description County Unit Acres USGS Quad P. M. T. R. Sec.
>t. Joseph 007 0.2 Klinger Lake 7.5' M 8S. 11W. 17 ii 008 0.2 M 8S. 1 IW. 22
wo islands; 0.4 acres
//. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. LP -17
IL UNIT ANALYSIS
There are two islands found on the White Pigeon River. St. Joseph #007 is located less than one -quarter mile north of the Junction of Indian Prairie Road and Marl Road. St. Joseph #008 is located one mile upstream from the bridge on Interstate #80 and #90 in Indiana.
There are no permanent structures on the islands. The riverbank is agricul- tural lands with a forested buffer zone. The area has some wildlife and scenic value especially wood duck nesting. Human activity consists of picnicking, hunting, trapping, snowmobiling, fishing and boat and canoe landing.
The islands average three feet above mean high water level. The overstory vegetation is maple, ash, sycamore while the understory is willow. The ground cover is grass.
III. UNIT EVALUATION
The islands obviously and clearly do not have the potential for wilderness. The small size of these islands prevents opportunities for solitude from others on the islands. The small size and lack of challenge also limit opportunities for primitive and unconfined recreation.
IV. UNIT RECOMMENDATION
The islands are recommended as not qualifying for further inventory and should be dropped from the wilderness review process.
Landscape Architect Daite
V. APPROVAL
45
MICHIGAN
Bureau of Land Management Wilderness Inventory
RIVER ISLANDS:
Upper Peninsula:
SE No. UNIT NAME NO. OF ISLANDS ACREAGE
UP-01 Cedar River 9 7.3 UP-02 Escanaba River 1 1.4 UP-03 Ford River 3 6.7 UP-04 Michigamma River 14 9.9 UP-05 Paint River 12 7.3 UP-06 Tahquamenon River 6 0.6
Total 45 33.2
47
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. UP -01
I. WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION RIVER/LAKE NAME: Cedar River STATE: Michigan -Upper Peninsula DISTRICT ESO - Lake States Office
Inv. Size in Legal Description County Unit Acres USGS Quad P.M. T. R. Sec.
Menominee 001 0.1 Cedar River 15' M 35N. 25W. 11 n T 1 002 1.0 M 35N. 25W. 11 003 0.7 M 35N. 25W. 11 004 0.4 M 35N. 25W. 11 005 1.2 M 35N. 25W. 14 006 0.1 M 35N. 25W. 23 007 2.2 M 35N. 25W. 23
008 0-8 , M 35N. 25W. 23 009 0.8 II v M 36N. 25W. 28
Nine islands; 7. 3 acres BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION No. UP -01
II. UNIT ANALYSIS
The nine islands in this unit occur as two groups of four and one isolated island (#009). Riverbank ownership is state and private. Islands #006 -
#008 lie within J. W. Wells State Park. None of the islands are encumbered by leases or easements.
There are no permanent improvements on any of the islands. All of the islands receive some recreational use such as camping, picnicking and hunting. The riverbank is natural except for the highways and roads which parallel the bank. The adjacent lands are managed as state park and state forest lands as well as private cabin and residential land.
The general vegetation varies from open to fairly dense stands of maple, ash, elm, Cottonwood and birch. Understory is primarily dogwood and alders. Topographically, the islands lack any features. They range in height from two to five feet above mean high water level.
IIL UNIT EVALUATION
The opportunities for solitude or primitive and unconfined recreation is very limited by the small size, limited screening and lack of features.
The islancteclearly and obviously do not have wilderness potential.
IV. UNIT RECOMMENDATION
The islands are recommended as not qualifying for further inventory and should be dropped from the wilderness review process.
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50 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. UP - 02
L WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION RIVER/LAKE NAME: Escanaba River STATE: Michigan - Upper Peninsula DISTRICT ESO - Lake States Office
Inv. Size in Legal Description County Unit Acres USGS Quad P. M. T. R. Sec.
Delta 010 1.4 Gladstone 15* M 40N. 23W. 11
One island; 1.4 acres
51 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION No. UP - 02
IL UNIT ANALYSIS
This small island is located in the Escanaba River about seven miles north of Escanaba, Michigan. The riverbank is state and privately owned.
The riverbank and island are relatively natural with no permanent improvements on the island. Picnicking, hunting and trapping are the only regular use of the island.
The island is about six feet above the mean high water. The vegetation is limited to alder and willow with herbaceous ground cover.
IIL UNIT EVALUATION
The island clearly and obviously does not have potential for wilderness. Although the island is natural, it lacks sufficient size or features to provide outstanding opportunities for solitude or primitive and unconftned recreation.
IV. UNIT RECOMMENDATION
The islands are recommended as not qualifying for further inventory and should be dropped from the wilderness review process.
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52 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. UP -03
I. WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION RIVER/ LAKE: Ford River STATE: Michigan -Upcler Peninsula DISTRICT ESO - Lake States Office
Inv. Size in Legal Descr iption County Unit Acres USGS Quad P.M. R. Sec.
i Dtjlta 007 6.0 Escanaba 15 M 38N. 23W. 16 M tt 008 0.2 M 38N. 23W. 21 it 009 0.5 II M 38N. 23W. 21
Three islands; 6. 7 acres
53 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION No. UP-03
11. UNIT ANALYSIS
These three islands are located in the Town of Ford River, Michigan. The riverbank is a privately owned residential area.
Although there are no permanent improvements on the islands, man's presence in the area is unavoidably noticeable. Highway traffic and residential activities occur immediately adjacent to the islands. State High- way #35 crosses the river immediately below Islands #008 and #009. The islands have evidence of camping, picnicking and hunting use.
Island #007 and #009 are eight feet high and Island #008 is four feet high. The vegetation is elm, ash and cottonwood with unders.tory of dogwood, alder and willows.
IIL UNIT EVALUATION
These islands clearly and obviously do not have wilderness potential. Although they are natural, the small size of the islands do not buffer outside sights and sounds of the riverbank development. There are no outstanding oppor- tunities for solitude or primitive and unconfined recreation due to the small size, limited screening and lack of challenging features.
IV. UNIT RECOMMENDATION
The islands are recommended as not qualifying for further inventory and should be dropped from the wilderness review process.
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54 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SmjATION EVALUATION NO. UP -04
I. WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION RIVER/LAKE NAME: Michigamme River, Reservoir and Lake STATE: Michigan - UDDer Peninsula DISTR][CT ESO - Lake States Office
InVo Size in Legal Description County Unit Acres USGS Quad P.M. R. Sec.
Iron 018 4.5 Lake Mary 7„ 5* M 42 No 31W. 05 it 019 0.1 Kiernan 7.5' M 43N. 31W. 18 it 020 1.0 Lake Mary 7. 5' M 43N. 31W. 20
Marquette 026 0.2 Republic SW 7.5' M 45N. 29W. 08 029 1.0 Republic 7.5' M 46N. 29W. 07 030 0.8 Republic SW 7. 5' M 46N. 29W. 19
" >. 031 i.O M 46N. 29W. 31 044 0.3 Michigamme 7.5' M 47N. 30W. 04 045 0.1 Witch Lake NE 7.5' M 47N. 30W. 04 046 0.1 ii M 47N. 30W. 09 048 0.1 it M 47N. 30W. 27 M 049 0.5 M 47N. 30W. 27 051 0.1 Michigamme 7.5* M 48N. 30W. 28 052 0.1 it M 48N. 30W. 34
Fourteen islands; 9.9 acres
55 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. UP -04
IL UNIT ANALYSIS
The fourteen BLM islands in this unit are widely separated from Lake Michigamme with five islands and along the length of the river to just below Michigamme Reservoir. The lakeshore and riverbank is under private and state ownership. State ownership is Iron Range and Michigamme State Forests.
There are no permanent improvements on the islands. Development along the shoreline and riverbank ranges from intense development at the town of Republic to isolated cabins to natural forest land. Railroad, highway and road right of ways parallel much of the river. The primary use of the islands is for hunting with occasional camping and picnicking use.
The islands range in height from three to five feet above mean high water except Marquette #044 at twenty feet and Marquette #046 at ten feet. Vegetation is sparse open stands of maple, ash, aspen, birch and pine with willow and alders at waters edge. Several are brush and grass covered only.
IIL UNIT EVALUATION
The islands clearly do not have potential far wilderness. Opportunities for solitude or primitive and unconfined recreation on the islands are severely limited by the small size, lack of challenge and lack of screening.
IV. UNIT RECOMMENDATION
The islands are recommended as not qualifying for further inventory and should be dropped from the wilderness review process.
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V. APPROVAL
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program Manager.erer \ Date ' BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. UP -05
I. WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION RIVER/ LAKE NAM E: Paint Ri ver STATE: Michigan - Upper Peninsula DISTRICT ESO - Lake States Office
.. Inv., Size In Legal Description County Unit Acres USGS Quad P.M. R. Sec.
Iron 041 0.5 Crystal Falls 7.5' M 42N. 32W. 11 042 0.5 M 42 N. 32W. 14 043 0.4 M 42 N. 32W. 23 044 0.3 M 42N. 32W. 23 045 0.5 M 43N. 32 W. 33 046 0.1 M 43N. 32W. 33 047 1.0 M 43N. 32W. 33 063 0.2 Amasa.7.5' M 43N. 33W. 10 064 0.4 M 43N. 33W. 10 065 1.5 M 43N. 33W. 11 067 1.5 M 44N. 33W. 32 068 0.4 M 44N. 33W. 32
Twelve islands; 7.3 acres
S7 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. UP-05
II. UNIT ANALYSIS
This unit of twelve islands begins nine miles northwest of Crystal Falls, Michigan, and ends six miles south. The river and bank are part of the Iron Range State Forest. The islands occur as individuals and small groups of two or three widely scattered along this stretch of river. None of the islands are encumbered by leases or easements.
There are no permanent improvements on the islands. The river bank is also generally undeveloped except for unimproved roads and trails and Chicago and Northwestern Railroad tracks near Islands #045, #046, and #047. Limited camping, picnicking, and hunting occur on the islands in association with use of the river for canoeing, boating, and fishing.
Maples are the dominant tree species with understory of alder and willow. Due to the small size of the islands, the vegetation is generally open. All of the islands are low -lying and average five feet above mean high water.
III. UNIT EVALUATION
These islands clearly and obviously do not have potential for wilderness. The small size, lack of screening and lack of diversity or challenge, limit the opportunities for solitude or primitive and unconfined recreation.
IV. UNIT RECOMMENDATION
The islands are recommended as not qualifying for further inventory and should be dropped from the wilderness review process.
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sft BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. UP -06
I. WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION RIVER/ LAKE NAME; Tahqtiamenon River STATE: Michigan DISTRICT ESO - Lake States Office
Inv. Size in Legal Description County Unit Acres USGS Quad P. M. T. R. Sec.
Chippewa 003 0. 1 Timberlost 7„5' M 48N. 7W. 23 004 0.1 M 49N. 7W. 32 005 0.1 M 49N. 7W. 32 006 0.1 M 49N. 7W. 32 007 0.1 M 49N. 7W. 32 008 0.1 M 49N. 7W. 32
Six islands; 0. o acres
59 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SmJATION EVALUATION No. UP-06
IL UNIT ANALYSIS
The islands in this unit lie within Tahquamenon Falls State Park. Islands #004- #008 are clustered in the river below the park campground. Island #003 is isolated six miles down river. There are no leases or easements encumbering these islands. Access to the river is controlled by the surrounding park land.
The islands and bank are in a natural condition. They are small rocky islands with little or no vegetation. The existing vegetation is dogwood, alder or willow brush.
IIL UNIT EVALUATION
These islands clearly do not have wilderness potential. The small size and lack of features and screening all but eliminate any recreation use. There is no opportunity for solitude.
IV. UNIT RECOMMENDATION
The islands are recommended as not qualifying for further inventory and should be dropped from the wilderness review process.
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50 MICHIGAN
Bureau of Land Management Wilderness Inventory
RIVER ISLANDS:
Brule/Menominee River:
SE No. UNIT NAME NO. OF ISLANDS ACREAGE
WI-08 Brule/Menominee 102 174.5
Total 102 174,5
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. 08
I. WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION RIVER/LAKE NAME: Bride/ Menominee River STATE: Michigan and Wisconsin DISTRICT ESO - Lake States Office
Inv„ Size In Legal Description County Unit Acres USGS Quad P.M. T. R. Sec. Dickinson, MI 001 1.2 Iron Mountain 7. 5' MI 39N. 30W. 07 002 1.7 1 t MI 39N. 30W. 07 005 0.7 II MI 39N. 31W. 02 006 1.5 It MI 39N. 31W. 11
Iron, MI 001 0.1 Florence East 7.5' MI 4 IN. 31W. 15 002 0.1 MI 4 IN. 31W. 15 003 0.2 MI 4 IN. 31W. 15 n 004 4.0 MI 4 IN. 31W. 15 005 1.0 MI 4 IN. 31W. 15 006 6.0 MI 4 IN. 31W. 15 007 * 1.4 MI 4 IN. 31W. 17 008 * 0.2 MI 4 IN. 31W. 17 * 009 0. 1 MI 4 IN. 31W. 17 010 * 0.1 MI 4 IN. 31W. 17
M 011 * 0.6 MI 4 IN. 31W. 17 012 1.4 MI 4 IN. 31W. 22 013 1.6 MI 4 IN. 31W. 23 014 9.0 MI 4 IN. 31W. 23 015 1.5 MI 4 IN. 31W. 25 016 0.2 MI 4 IN. 31W. 25 017 10.0 MI 4 IN. 31W. 25 023 * 0.2 Florence West 7. 5' MI 4 IN. 32 W. 06 024 * 0.1 MI 4 IN. 32W. 06 025 * 0.2 MI 4 IN. 32W. 08
026 * 0.6 MI 4 IN. 32W. 08 027 * 0.4 MI 4 IN. 32 W. 08 * 028 0. 1 MI 4 IN. 32W. OS 029 * 0.2 MI 4 IN. 32W. 09 030 * 0.5 MI 4 IN. 32 W. 09 031 * 0.2 MI 4 IN. 32V/. 09 032 * 0.2 MI 4 IN. 32W. 12 * 033 0. 1 MI 4 IN. 32W. 14 034 * 0.3 MI 4 IN. 32 W. 15 035 * 0.1 MI 4 IN. 32W. 15
Brule River 63 1 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. 08
I. WILDERNESS UNFT IDENTIFICATION RIVER/LAKE NAME; Brule/ Menominee River STATE: Michigan and Wisconsin DISTRICT ESO - Lake States Office
Inv. Size In Legal Description County Unit Acres USGS Quad P. M. T. R. Sec. * Iron, MI 036 0.2 Florence West 7.5' MI 4 IN. 32W. 15
it it 037 * 0.1 MI 4 IN. 32W. 15 " it 038 * 0.1 MI 4 IN. 32W. 15
i ti 039 * 1.0 MI 4 IN. 32W. 15 u * it 040 0.1 MI 4 IN. 32W. 17 it 051 * 0.6 Naults 7.5' MI 4 IN. 33W. 02 ti M 052 * 0.4 MI 4 IN. 33W. 02 if M 053 * 0.1 MI 4 IN. 33W. 03 it M 057 * 0.5 MI 42 N. 33W. 32 ri 058 * 0.2 it MI 42N. 33W. 32
» M 059 * 0.4 MI 42 N. 33W. 32 M M 060 * 0.5 MI 42 N. 33W. 33 it 061 * 0.3 •i MI 42 N. 33W. 36 M M 062 * 0.3 MI 42N. 33W. 36 il 072 * 0.6 Gaastra 7.5' MI 42 N. 34W. 25 it M 073 * 0.2 MI 42 N. 34W. 25 *t 074 * 0.2 Fortune Lakes 7.5' MI 42 N. 34W. 36
Marinette, WI 001 2.6 Marinette East 7.5' 4 30N. 24E. 06 If 012 0.3 Stephenson 15' 4 33N. 23E. 04 11 013 3.9 it 4 33N. 23E. 05 II 014 1.0 tt 4 33N. 23E. 05 II 015 2.5 tt 4 33N. 23E. 05 'I 016 2.9 ii 4 33N. 23E. 20 II M 017 13.5 4 33N. 23E. 30 II 018 0.2 Chappee Rapids 7.5' 4 3 IN. 22E. 13 M M 019 0.4 4 3 IN. 22E. 13 II M 020 2.1 4 3 IN. 22E. 13
M 028 0.2 Stephenson 15' 4 32 N. 22E. 12 II 029 6.5 Wausaukee 15' 4 33N. 22E. 09 II it 030 1.3 4 33N. 22E. 10 It 031 0.1 Stephenson 15 f 4 33N. 22E. 36 M it 032 1.6 4 34N. 22E. 25 II 033 2.2 it 4 34N. 22E. 26 It 034 0.6 Pembine 15' 4 35 N. 22E„ 06
It n 035 0.3 4 35N. 22E„ 06
II M 036 2.5 4 35N. 22E. 07 II M 037 0.2 4 36N. 22 E. 05
* Bride River 64 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SnUATION EVALUATION NO. 08
I. WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION RIVER/ LAKE NAME: Brule/ Menominee River STATE: Michigan and WWisconsin DISTRICT ESO - Lake States Office
InVo Size in Legal Description County Unit Acres USGS Quad P.M. R. Sec. Marinette, WI 038 1.5 Pern bine 15' 4 36N. 22E. 08 039 0.2 IT 4 36N. 22E. 08 040 7.0 II 4 36N. 22E. 08 041 0.8 II 4 36 N. 22E. 17 042 1.5 II 4 36N. 22E. 17 043 0.2 II 4 36N. 22E. 30 044 8.3 It 4 36N. 22E. 31 045 8.3 II 4 36N. 22E. 31 046 7.0 II • 4 37 N. 22E. 17 047 2.4 It 4 37N. 22E. 18
048 0.5 II 4 38N. 22E. 31 055 16.0 Wausaukee 15' 4 33N. 2 IE. 12 056 0.5 n 4 35N. 2 IE. 35 M 057 1.4 4 35N. 2 IE. 35 058 0.2 it 4 35N. 2 IE. 36 M 059 1.1 4 35N. 2 IE. 36 M 060 1.0 4 35N. 2 IE. 36 M 061 0.4 4 35N. 2 IE. 36 062 2.0 Pembine 15' 4 36N. 2 IE. 24 m 063 0.6 4 36N. 2 IE. 25
M 064 0.4 4 36N. 2 IE. 26 M 065 2.0 4 37 N. 2 IE. 24 M 066 2.0 4 37N. 2 IE. 24 067 4.4 it 4 37N. 2 IE. 25 068 2.5 Norway 7.5' 4 38N. 2 IE. 18 069 2.0 Pembing 15' 4 38N. 2 IE. 22 070 0.5 it 4 38 N. 21E. 22 n 071 1.2 4 38N. 21E. 36
! 078 0.1 Iron Mountain 7. 5 4 38N„ 20E. 05 079 0.8 rt 4 38N. 20E. 05 080 1.2 Norway 7.5' 4 38N. 20E. 14
One Hundred and Two Islands; 174.5 acres
65 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION No. 08
II. UNIT ANALYSIS
This unit consists of thirty -one islands in the Brule River and sixty -six islands in the Menominee River. The Brule changes to the Menominee at the confluence of the Michigamme River. The Brule and Menominee form part of the border between Wisconsin and Upper Peninsula, Michigan. The river bank of the Brule is relatively undeveloped forest land. The Nicolet National Forest (Wisconsin) and Iron Range State Forest (Michigan) are adjacent to the Brule River, but much of the land is also privately owned. The bank of the Menominee varies from a
forested, undeveloped condition to the fully developed condition of Menominee , Michigan and Marinette, Wisconsin on the shore of Green Bay. Several dams are located in the river between Iron Mountain, Michigan and Marinette, Wisconsin.
Imprints of man on the island consist of litter, firelngs and firewood cutting that indicate use for camping, picnicking, hunting and canoe landing. Six islands have permanent improvement or substantially noticeable imprints of man. These are as follows:
Island Improvement
Marinette 013 Grand Rapids Dam ti 032 Five -line power line and wooden tower T ! 044 Developed primitive camp with shelter, table, and dock M 061 Tent platform, picnic table and tree platform If 062 Light duty road bridge TI 070 Sturgeon Falls power dam
Both rivers offer excellent canoeing and kayaking opportunities for both the novice and expert as well as some good fishing. A number of falls and rapids and the variety of habitat along the river creates excellent scenery.
The islands vary in height from one foot to 50 feet above mean high water but with few exceptions, are under six feet. Individually there are few topographic features on the islands. The vegetation is similar to that of the river bank varying from mixed conifer and hardwood stands to brushy aider covered islands to barren, rocky outcrops. Typical deciduous species include maple, birch, aspen, cottonwood, ash, elm, alder, willow, and dogwood. Conifers are pines, spruce and balsam fir.
66 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION No. 08
ILL UNIT EVALUATION
The islands do not have potential for wilderness. The islands and much of the riverbank are primarily natural. The river also offers some outstanding recreation opportunities and scenery enhanced by the presence of the BLM islands. However, the islands do not have sufficient size, diversity or challenge by themselves to offer outstanding opportunities for primitive and unconfined recreation. Opportunities for avoiding the sights, sounds and evidence of others on the islands for solitude are less than outstanding due to the small size of the islands. Natural screening is also very limited on most of the islands. Management of these scattered islands for preservation and use in an unimpaired condition, would be difficult due to the lack of control of access to the islands and their small size.
IV. UNIT RECOMMENDATION
The islands are recommended as not qualifying for further inventory and should be dropped from the wilderness review process.
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MICHIGAN
Bureau of Land Management Wilderness Inventory
INLAND LAKE ISLANDS :
SE No. UNIT NAME NO. OF ISLANDS ACREAGE
MI-01 Inland Lakes (high 105 94.8 intensity development) MI-02 Inland Lakes (low 132 123.7 intensity development)
237 218.5
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BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SnUATION EVALUATION NO. MI -01
L WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION
- STATE : Mic hican DISTRICT: ESO Lake States Office
Inv. Size in Lake Size Legal Description County Unit Acres Lake Name in Acres USGS Quad P.M. T. R. Sec. Antrim 003 0„7 Elk 5291 Elk Rapids 15' M 29N. 9W. 21
Barry 003 0.2 Pine 660 Kalamazoo NE M IN. 10W. 07 7.5'
it ii 004 1.3 ii 660 M IN. 10W. 07 11 009 2.0 Gun 2611 Way land 15' M 3N. 10W. 30
Branch 001 0.2 Marble 780 Coldwater East M 7S. 5W. 05 7.5* 002 1.5 Tt 780 M 7S. 5W. 05 It M 003 0.1 780 M 7S. 5W. 05 004 0.9 Morrison 288 Coldwater West M 5S. 6W. 32 7.5'
u it 005 1.5 288 M 5S. 6W. 32 M it 006 0.1 288 M 5S. 6W. 32 007 0.1 Randell 220 i» M 6S. 6W. 08 008 8.5 ii 220 it M 6S. 6W. 17 ii n 009 0.2 220 M 6S. 6W. 17 n tt 010 0.1 220 M 6S. 6W. 17 011 3.5 South 118 ti M 6S. 6W. 20 ii n 012 0.6 118 M 6S. 6W. 20
Calhoun 003 1.2 Spatterdock 81 Vandalia 15' M 7S. 13W. 09 004 1.4 it 81 it M 7S. 13W. 09 011 1.5 Cedar 138 Homer 15' M 3S. 6W. 15 028 2.5 Turtle 113 Union City 15' M 4S. 7W. 21 5' 029 3.5 Wabas aeon 70 Bedford 7. M IS. 8W. 02 033 1.5 Nottawa 200 Homer 15" M 4S. 6W. 03 M it 034 1.7 200 M 4S. 6W. 03
Cass 005 0.8 Shavehead 270 Vandalia 15' M 7S. 13W. 19 it 010 1.0 Copley 31 Marcellus 15' M 5S. 14W. 25 it 011 1.6 Donnell 246 Vandalia 15' M 6S. 14W. 36 1 012 1.5 Pine 30 Cassopolis 15' M 7S. 15W. 30
Cheboygan 002 0.2 Black 795 Tower 15' M 36N. IE. 21
Chippewa 062 0.1 Caribou 825 Goetzville 7.5' M 42 N. 3E. 25 T t 063 1.0 tt 825 DeTours Village M 42 N. 3E. 36 7.5*
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BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. MI -01
I WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION STATE: Michigan DISTRICT: ESO - Lake States Office
Inv. Size in Lake Size Legal Description County Unit Acres Lake Name in Acres USGS Quad P.M. T. R. Sec. Clare 001 0.6 Sutherland 43 Harrison 15' M 19N. 4W. 22 it 002 0.5 Long 210 M 20N. 4W. 26
Grand 002 0.1 Rennie 242 Fife Lake 15' M 26N. 10W. 01 Traverse it 003 0.7 Arbutus 395 Kingsley 15' M 26N. 10W. 09 M 004 0.1 Rennie 242 Fife Lake 15* M 26N. 10W. 12 M 005 0.1 Arbutus 395 Kingsley 15* M 26N. 10W. 16 ii 007 2.0 Silver 600 tt M 27N. 11W. 30 tt ii 008 0.5 tt 600 M 27N. 11W. 31 M 009 0.4 Bass 343 ti M 26N. 12W. 02 it 010 4.0 Cedar Hedge 195 Thompsonville M 26N. 12W. 08 15'
tt ti 011 0.5 Long 2860 M 27N. 12W. 16
Hillsdale 001 1.0 Long 213 Allen 7.5' M 7S. 4W. 08 if i 002 0.6 213 Camden 7.5' M 7S. 4W. 08 t» >i 003 3.0 Loon 30 M 7S. 4W. 20
Ionia 022 0.8 Morrison 330 Ionia 15' M 6N. 8W. 35
Iosco 001 1.3 Little Long 65 Hale 7.5' M 23N. 5E. 08
Iron 021 0.3 Stager 112 Florence West M 4 IN. 32W. 05 7.5'
ii m 022 0.1 ti 112 M 4 IN. 32 W. 05 n 054 0.1 Indian 196 Fortune Lakes M 42 N. 33W. 07 7.5' ii 066 0.5 Gilbert 67 Amasa 7.5' M 44N. 33W. 15 " M 069 0.2 Swan 163 M 44N. 33W. 35 m 070 0.2 Indian 196 Fortune Lakes M 42 N. 34W. 13
II it ti 13 071 0. 1 196 M 42 N. 34W.
7.5" 01 Isabella 001 0.3 Coldwater 300 Weidman M 15N. 5W. 1 002 0.8 Littlefield 183 Clare 15* M 16N. 5W. 17 it ti 003 0.3 it 183 M 16N. 5W. 18 1 25
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. MI -01
L WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION STATE: Michigan DISTRICT: ESO - Lake States Office
Inv. Size in Lake Size Legal Description
County Unit Acres Lake Name 3 cre USGS Quad P.M. T. R. Sec. ,! lA J Jackson 001 0.4 Goose 398 Gilletts Lake M 2S. IE. 24 7.5"
ii 002 0. 398 M 2S. IE. 24 003 0.2 Mud 140 Manchester 15' M 4S. 2E. 36 t« 004 1. 140 M 4S. 2E. 36
Kalamazoo 013 0.5 Pickerel 135 Leonidas 15' M 3S. 10W. 33
Kent 005 0.9 Big Crooked 157 Cannonsburg 7.5' M 8N. 9W. 29 006 0.3 Bass 184 Howard City 15' M ION. 9W. 13 007 0.1 Lincoln 411 Greenville West M ION. 9W. 22 7.5' 008 0.2 ii 411 M ION. 9W. 22 015 3.2 Little Pine Island 120 Cedar Springs M 8N. 11W. 07 SW7.5'
Lenawee 001 2.0 Dewey 104 Manchester 15' M 5S. 2E. 17
Livingston 001 1.0 Strawberry 257 Hamburg 7„5' M IN. 5E. 27
Mackinac 031 0.2 Manistique 10, 130 Curtis East 7.5' M 44N. 11W. 07 ii 032 1.5 10, 130 Curtis West 7.5' M 44N. 12W. 04
Marquette 001 0.6 Mehl 78 Gwinn 15' M 45N. 25W. 25 ti 022 0.2 Island 28 Greenwood 7. 5' M 46N. 28W. 15 M 023 0.2 Boston 50 Diorite 7.5' M 48N. 28W. 32 1 024 1.0 it 50 ii M 48N. 28W. 32 1 027 0.3 Casey 47 Republic SW M 45N. 29W. 22 7.5'
M 032 0.3 Fish 50 Republic 7.5' M 47N. 29W. 05
Mecosta 001 0.2 Blue 235 Big Rapids 15' M 14N. 8W. 09
Missaukee 001 1.0 Crooked 493 Cadillac North M 22 N. 8W. 04 7.5'
73 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. MI -01
L WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION STATE: Michigan DISTRICT: ESO - Lake States Office
Inv. Size in Lake Size Legal Description County Unit Acres Lake Name in Acres USGS Quad P.M. T. R. Sec.
Montcalm 002 2.0 Duck 306 Crystal 7.5' M ION. 5W. n 003 0.3 Crystal 728 it M ION. 5W It 004 0.1 Horseshoe 97 Six Lakes 7.5' M 12N. 7W, 11 012 0.5 Tamarack 310 Howard City 15' M 12 N. 8W,
Muskegon 001 1.5 East Twin 112 Twin Lake 15' M iin. 16W. 01
Newaygo 001 0.2 Pickerel 318 Fremont 15' M 12 N. 13W. 01
Oakland 001 0.3 Cass 1280 Walled Lake 7. 5' M 2N. 9E. 04
Ogenaw 004 0.2 Clear 171 St. Helen NE 7. 5' M 23N. IE 005 0.9 it 171 M 23N. IE 006 1.2 ri 171 M 23N. IE 008 0.5 North Dease 174 South Branch 7.5* M 23N. 4E 010 1.8 George 186 M 23N. 4E
Osceola 004 0.1 Sunrise 120 Cadillac South 15' M 19N. 8W.
Otsego 001 1.1 Opal 122 Turtle Lake 7.5' M 29N. 3W. 12 it 004 0.6 Buhl 95 Alba 15' M 30N. 4W. 32 i» ii it 005 0.3 95 M 30N. 4W. 32 u it it 006 1.3 95 M 30N. 4W. 32 it it 007 1.5 •I 95 M 30N. 4W. 32
Presque 002 0.1 Nettie 278 Hawks 7.5' M 34N. 4E. 31 Isle M 004 0.1 Long 5652 Long Lake West M 33N. 7E. 25 7,5' If 005 0.2 •I 5652 M 33N. 7E. 25
Roscommon 002 0.1 St. Helen 2500 St. Helen 7.5' M 23N. 1W. 19
Van Buren 001 2.0 Three Mile 176 Marcellus 15' M 3S. 14W. 21 it 002 1.0 Upper Jephtha 48 Bangor 15' M IS. 15W. 25 M M 003 0.5 Scott 98 M 2S. 15W. 04 ti 004 0.1 it 98 Gobies 15' M 2S, 15W. 01 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO, MI -01
IL UNIT ANALYSIS
The islands in this unit occur as single islands and small groups located in intensely developed lakes throughout the Upper and Lower Peninsulas of Michigaric The largest group is in Randell Lake with 8. 9 acres of BLM island surface. The majority of the lakes are found near population centers and are easily accessible. The BLM has no control over lakeshore develop- ment or water use. The shoreline of the lakes are under predominantly private ownership. There are no leases or easements encumbering any of the islands.
Thirteen islands have substantially noticeable imprints of man on them which detracts from the naturalness. The improvements are as follows:
ISLAND IMPROVEMENT
Barry #004 (Wolpers Part Guest cabin, boat dock and main house. ridge Island) Calhoun #011 Cabin. Calhoun #034 Cabin (run down and much debris and litter on the island). Clare #002 House with outbuildings. Grand Traverse #003 Cabin. Iron #069 Footbridge to island. Montcalm #003 (Island #2) Shelter. Ogenaw #004 Keep Off sign. Ogenaw #005 Keep Off, Keep Out private signs, clearing and heavy use. Ogenaw #006 Bridge, house with basement, retaining wall. Ogenaw #010 Summer house and boat dock. Otsego #006 Causeway, clearing for road, subdivided for development. Presque Isle #002 Cabin. Presque Isle #005 Cabin (abandoned).
The remaining islands are relatively natural except for evidence of man's rec- reational use. Camping, picnicking, hunting, snowmobiling and trapping uses have all occurred on the islands.
The lakeshores are developed as cabin and resort use as well as residential areas of cities and towns. Agricultural use occurs alor^ the undeveloped lakeshore of many of the lakes in the Lower Peninsula. Forest and wetlands comprise most undeveloped lakeshore of the Upper Peninsula lakes. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. MI -01
The intensity of the development along these lakes subjects these lakes to much recreational use, both motorized and non -motorized.
The islands have no varied topography. All are either flat or single knolls with even slopes from the water's edge. Height of the islands is under ten feet with a few exceptions such as Calhoun #003, #004, and #011, which are over twenty feet high. The vegetation on the islands vary considerably from island to island. The islands in the Upper Peninsula and the northern portions of the Lower Peninsula support coniferous vegetation such as pines, cedar, tamarack and spruce in addition to hardwoods such as birch, maple, oak, ash, cottonwood and willows. Understory species include dogwood, alders, sumac, and leatherleaf. The quality of the vegetation ranges from a few willows on low, wet islands to open stands of birch and maple and pines on the higher islands.
IIL UNIT EVALUATION
The islands clearly and obviously do not have wilderness potential. The limited vegetative screening and small size of the islands would severely limit the opportunities for avoiding others on the islands. The proximity of the islands to intense shoreline development and water use would also interfere with the opportunity for solitude on the islands. Primitive and unconfined recreational opportunities are not outstanding on the islands due to the restrictions of small size and lack of any challenge or diversity on the islands.
IV. UNIT RECOMMENDATION
The islands are recommended as not qualifying for further inventory and should be dropped from the wilderness review process.
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L WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION
- STATE : Michigan DISTRIC T: ESO Lake States Office
Inv. Size in Lake Size Legal Descripti.on County Unit Acres Lake Name in Acres USGS Quad P.M. T. R. Sec.
Alger 001 0.5 Owl 25 Au Sable Point M 48N. 14W. 33 SE7.5' it 002 0.8 Long 117 Grand Portal M 48N. 16W. 33 Point 15' ii 003 0.5 Crooked 47 ti M 48N. 16W. 35 ii 004 0.1 Nevins 287 Au Sable Point M 48N. 16W. 36 Point SW 7.5*
•I ti M 005 1.0 287 M 48N. 16W. 36 ii 006 0.9 it 287 Grand Portal M 48N. 16W. 36 Point 15' ii 007 0.2 it 287 it M 48N. 16W. 36
Allegan 002 0.3 School Section 18 Way land 15' M 2N. 12W. 16
Antrim 001 0.8 Lake of the 185 Mancelona 15' M 29N. 7W. 17 Woods n 002 0.3 Intermediate 1520 Boyne City 15' M 30N. 7W. 18
Baraga 001 0.5 Ruth 192 Three Lakes M 48 N. 31W. 08 7.5'
M ti 002 0.1 Beaufort 462 M 48N. 31W. 27 it 003 0.5 ti 462 ti M 48N. 31W. 28 11 004 0.2 ti 462 tt M 48 N. 31W. 28 it 005 0.3 Heart 195 ti M 48N. 31W. 32 ii 006 1.3 Wagner 56 Michigamme 15' M 49N. 31W. 18 it tt 007 2.2 56 it M 49N. 31W. 18 ii ii 008 0.4 Loon 96 M 49N. 31W. 19 it 009 0.1 Crooked 264 Three Lakes 7.5' M 49N. 31W. 27 it n 010 3.8 Craig 321 M 49N. 31W. 28 ii 011 0.2 ii 321 it M 49N. 31W. 28 it ti n 012 0.4 321 M 49N. 31W. 28
it it 013 0.1 321 ti M 49N. 31W. 33 n tl 014 1.2 321 ti M 49N. 31W. 33 it 015 0.1 Keewaydin 171 Michigamme M 49N. 31W. 36 7.5'
it 016 0.5 Ned 810 Ned Lake 15' M 47 N. 32W. 20 it tt 017 0.2 810 .i M 47 N. 32W. 27
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WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION STATE: Michigan DISTRICT: ESO - Lake States Office
Inv. Size in Lake Size Legal Description County Unit Acres Lake Name in Acres USGS Quad P.M. T. R. Sec.
Baraga 018 0.3 Clear 36 Herman 15' M 49N. 32W. 13 019 0.1 tf 36 M 49N. 32W. 13 020 0.2 Little Summit 52 M 49N. 32W. 20 021 1.2 King 498 M 48N. 33W. 26 022 1.2 tf 498 M 48N. 33W. 26 023 1.0 It 498 M 48N. 33W. 26 024 0.2 II 498 M 48N. 33W. 26 025 0.5 II 498 M 48N. 33W. 27 II 026 0. 1 498 M 48N. 33W. 27 027 0.4 It 498 M 48N. 33W. 27
028 0.2 It 498 M 48N. 33W. 27 029 0.8 II 498 M 48N. 33W. 34 030 1.0 It 498 M 48 N. 33W. 34 031 0.7 It 498 M 48N. 33W. 34
Barry 001 2.1 Kilpatrick 18 Nashville 15' M 4N. 7W. 24 002 1.9 Cloverdale 58 Hastings 15' M 2N. 9W. 20 005 2.8 Lower Crooked 417 Del ton 15' M IN. 10W. 15 006 1.2 Fish 165 Hasting 15' M 2N. 10W. 16 n 007 0.7 Hall 43 M 3N. 10W. 27 M 008 0.8 " 43 M 3N. 10W. 27
Benzie 001 0.5 Pearl 543 Maple City 15' M 27N. 13W. 06 tt 002 4.5 543 it M 27 N. 13W. 06
Berrien 001 1.0 Pipestone 110 Hartford 15* M 45N. 17W. 35 it 002 1.5 ii 110 it M 45N. 17W. 35
Calhoun 001 0.9 Pardy 19 Marshall 15' M IS. 5W. 19 if 006 1.0 Mud 102 Bellevue 7.5' M IS. 6W. 05
Cass 001 2.5 Forked 122 Vandalia 15' M 6S. 13W. 20 i. it 002 0.3 it 122 M 6S. 13W. 20
Charle- 001 1.5 Bows 25 Boyne Fall 15' M 32 N. 4W. 22 voix
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L WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION STATE: Michigan DISTRICT: ESO - Lake States Office
Inv. Size in Lake Size Legal Description County Unit Acres Lake Name in Acres USGS Quad P.M. T. R. Sec.
Cheboygan 001 0.4 Silver 64 Hetherton 15' M 33N. IE. 33 n 003 0.2 Dog 520 Tower 15' M 33N. 1W. 02 ii M ft 004 0.4 520 M 34N. 1W. 35 ii M it 005 0.2 520 M 34N. 1W. 35
Chippewa 088 0.1 Gravel 64 Whitney Bay 7.5' M 4 IN. 5E. 15 tt IT it 089 0.1 64 M 4 IN. 5E. 15 ii 119 0.5 Dickenson 204 Marble Head 7.5' M 4 IN. 7E. 17 M it 121 2.5 Bass 275 M 4 IN. 7E. 21
Clare 003 0.4 Lily 209 Clare 15' M 18N. 5W. 03 it it it 004 0.1 209 M 19N. 5W. 34
Delta 001 0.9 Warner 20 Garden 15' M 40N. 18W. 03 I it 002 0.1 20 M 40N. 18W. 03
Dickinson 003 0.5 Silver 118 Charming 15' M 44N. 30W. 14 tt 004 1.2 118 M 44N. 30W. 14
Grand 001 1.0 Island 105 Fife Lake 15' M 27N. 9W. 31 Traverse
Iron 048 0.6 Shank 248 Ned Lake 15' M 46N. 32W. 06 it ti tt 049 0.1 248 M 46N. 32W. 07 n ti tt 050 0.5 248 M 46N. 32W. 07 M 055 0.6 Buck 162 Fortune Lake M 42 N. 33W. 15 7.5*
it tt it 056 0.1 162 M 42 N. 33W. 22
Kalamaz oo 005 1.0 Portage 180 Augusta 7,5' M 2S. 9W. 34 ii it it 006 0.5 180 M 2S. 9W. 02 n 008 0.1 Pine Island 62 Schoolcraft NW M 3S. 12W. 17 7.5'
it tt ii 019 0.8 62 M 3S. 12W. 17
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L WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION STATE: Michigan DISTRICT: ESO - Lake States Office
Inv. Size in Lake Size Legal Description County Unit Acres Lake Name in Acres USGS Quad P.M. T. R. Sec
Keweenaw 002 12.0 Schlatter 280 Manitou Island M 58N. 27W. 16 it it 003 0.8 280 7.5' M 58N. 27W. 16
Luce 001 0.8 Pike 292 Betsy Lake NW M 49N. 9W. 01 7.5'
Mackinac 007 1.6 Thompson 260 Cheboygan 15' M 39N. 1W. 2( •» fi 009 0.4 Echo 250 M 39N. 1W. 2( ii it tt 010 0.2 250 M 39N. 1W. 3: it 028 5.2 Strouble 351 Rexton 7.5' M 43N. 7W. 0=
Marquette 015 0.3 Mud 87 Ishpeming 15' M 45N. 26W. V. it it tt 016 3.5 87 M 45N. 26W. 1= ii M 017 0.5 Pike 88 M 45N. 26W. 2c tt 5' 021 0.8 Miller 25 Ishpeming 7. M 47N. 27W. 1^ M 025 0.5 Ives 467 Huron Mountain M 5 IN. 28W. 04 15'
it 033 0.1 Log 174 Champion 7. 5' M 48N. 29W. 0c M tt M 034 0.1 174 M 48N. 29W. o- ii it ii 035 0.4 174 M 48 N. 29W. 04 it ii H 036 1.0 174 M 48N. 29W. 04 it it 037 0.3 174 tt M 48N. 29W. 04
tt 038 0.1 it 174 it M 48N. 29W. 04 n 039 0.1 Dishne 100 Champion 15' M 49N. 29W. 21 ii it M 040 0.1 100 M 49N. 29W. 22 tt it M 041 0.5 100 M 49N. 29W. 22 M 042 0.1 Lotto 110 Witch Lake 7.5' M 45N. 30W. 32 • M if 043 0.6 110 M 45N. 30W. 32 M 047 0.2 Twin 47 Republic 7. 5' M 47N. 30W. 13 H 050 14.0 Thomas 141 Michigamme M 48N. 30W. 07 7.5' •I 053 0.2 Elinor 102 Michigamme M 49N. 30W. 20 15' •I 054 1.5 Kewaydin 65 Michigamme M 49N. 30W. 31 7.5'
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L WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION STATE: Michigan DISTRICT: ESQ - Lake States Office
Inv. Size in Lake Size Legal Description County Unit Acres Lake Name in Acres USGS Quad P.M. T. R. Sec,
Marquette 055 0.5 Kewaydin 65 Michigamme M 49N. 30W. 31 7.5' 056 0.2 Little White Goat 64 " M 49N. 30W. 33 057 0.2 " 64 " M 49N. 30W.' 32
Mecosta 003 0.2 Haymarsh 250 Big Rapids 15' M 16N. 9W. 26 004 0.3 " 250 Evert 15* M 16N. 9W. 26 005 0.1 " 250 Big Rapids 15' M 16N. 9W. 26
Montcalm 001 6.5 Mud 127 Crystal 7.5' M ION. 5W. 08
Mont- 001 0.1 Fifteen 81 Com ins 15' M 30N. 2E. 22 morency 002 0.3 Long 295 Hillman 15' M 32N. 4E. 29
Ogemaw 001 0.1 Chatman 57 Edwards 7.5* M 2 IN. IE. 32 002 0.4 " 57 " M 2 IN. IE. 32 003 0.1 " 57 " M 2 IN. IE. 32 007 0.3 Cabin 64 Skidway Lake M 2 IN. 2E. 04 7.5' 009 0.6 Grebe 73 Rose City 7.5' M 23N. 4E. 07
Otsego Five 15' 002 1.3 64 . Gaylord M 31N. 3W. 29 003 2.6 • 64 " M 3 IN. 3W. 31
Presque 001 0.3 Clear 91 Grace 15* M 36N. 2E 01 Isle
003 0.2 Augusta 534 Posen7.5' M 34N. 6E. 36 Roscom- 001 1.0 West Twin 275 batman 7.5' M 22N. 1W. 31 mon St. Helen 7. 5' 003 Clear 0.2 77 Butman7.5' M 2 IN. 2W. 12 " " School- Mezik " " " 001 6.3 68~ " Germ~Fask~7~5~ ~M ~43N.~ 13W~ 07~ craft 002 0.3 68 " M 43N. 13W. 07 003 Driggs 5' 5.0 147 Driggs Lake 7. M 47N. 15W. 21 004 0.3 Long 117 Grand Portal M 47N. 16W. 04 Point 15'
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II. UNIT ANALYSIS
The islands in this unit appear singly or in small groups found on inland lakes with little or no residential -industrial development. The size of the islands range from 0. 1 acres in size to 5.2 acres with the exception of Keweenaw #002 which is 12. acres and Marquette #050 which is 14. acres. The lakes range in size from 18 acres; School Section Lake in Allegan County and Kilpatrick Lake in Barry County to Intermediate Lake at 1520 acres. The shoreline of the lakes vary from 100%, natural to lakes where the shoreline is 50% natural and 50% residential. Chatman Lake is totally surrounded by reclaimed agricul- tural land. Kilpatrick Lake has 50% agriculture and 50% natural lands.
A variety of state forest in the lower and upper peninsula totally or partially surround lakes containing 87 BLM islands. Barry #007 and #008 in Hall Lake are adjacent to lands within the Yankee Springs Recreation Area. Cass #001 and #002, in Forked Lake are located within Crane Pond State Game Area. Kalamazoo County Park and Wildlife area on Portage Lake surrounds islands Kalamazoo #005 and #006. Mecosta #003 - #005 on Haymarsh Lake are within the Haymarsh Lake State Game Area, while the Rifle River State Recreation area surrounds Ogenaw #009 on Grebe Lake.
Human activity on these islands are moderate to heavy in use consisting of camping, picnicking, hunting, fishing, trapping and boat and canoe landing, as well as snowmobiling. Four islands have permanent improvements. These are as follows:
COUNTY ISLAND IMPROVEMENT
Alger #006 Log bridge Berrien #001 Abandoned house Berrien #002 Home and wooden causeway Montcalm #001 Small wooden dam
Most of the islands vary in height from one to eight feet above mean high water. Some reach as high as twenty feet; others to twenty -five feet. Two exceptions are Cass #001 which is fifty feet above and Marquette #054 which is thirty -five feet. There are few topographic features.
The overstory vegetation on the islands in the upper peninsula consist of conifers. The majority of species are, white pine and spruce, with some cedar and balsam fir. There are some maple and birch mixed in with the conifers. The under-
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brush of these islands are of a wetland variety of willow, alder, leather- leaf and bog birch. The majority of ground cover is wetland species. The density of these stands are poor. A few islands have maple and aspen only with willow and alder underbrush.
The islands in the lower peninsula have deciduous forests consisting of maple, ash, birch, aspen, cottonwood and elm. The underbrush is willow, alder and dogwood. The few islands with no deciduous trees are basically white pine and cedar. Vegetation density ranges from a good stand of mixed deciduous trees to no overstory.
IIL UNIT EVALUATION
The islands obviously and clearly do not have potential for wilderness. Oppor- tunities for solitude are limited by small size and limited screening. Lack of variety or challenge on the islands as well as small size limit the primitive and unconfined recreation opportunities.
IV. UNIT RECOMMENDATION
The islands are recommended as not qualifying for further inventory and should be dropped from the wilderness review process.
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GREAT LAKES ISLANDS:
SE No. UNIT NAME NO. OF ISLANDS ACREAGE
GL-01 Lake Erie 1 0.1 GL-02 Lake Huron 65 93.4 GL-03 Lake Michigan and 32 55.9 Green Bay GL-04A Lake Superior 31 22.1 GL-04B Lake Superior (Middle 9 22.3 Island Group) GL-05 St. Mary's River and 90 155.0 Contiguous Lakes
Total 228 348.8
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I. WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION RIVER/LAKE NAME: Lake Erie STATE: Michigan DISTRICT ESO - Lake States Office
Inv. Size in Legal Description County Unit Acres USGS Quad P. M. T. R. Sec.
Monroe 007 0.1 Stony Point 7.5' M 6S. 10E. 30
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II. UNIT ANALYSIS
This small island is located in Brest Bay just off of the north shore. The shoreline is privately owned, highly developed residential area between Monroe and Detroit, Michigan. The island is natural and contains no
permanent improvements. It has received use for picnicking, hunting, and snowmobiling.
The island is a low and flat area with a few cottonwood, maple and willow. The understory is open.
IIL UNIT EVALUATION
The island clearly and obviously does not have wilderness potential. The small size, lack of screening, and lack of challenge, limit the opportunities for solitude or primitive and unconfined recreation. The close proximity
of the island to the developed shoreline makes it impossible to avoid man's presence.
IV. UNIT RECOMMENDATION
The island is recommended as not qualifying for further inventory and should be dropped from the wilderness review process.
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I. WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION RIVER/ LAKE NAME; Lake Huron STATE: Michigan DISTRICT ESO - Lake States Office
Inv. Size in Legal Description County Unit Acres USGS Quad P. M. T. R. Sec.
Alcona 001 0.3 Black River 7.5' M 28N. 9E. 12
Alpena Oil 0.4 North Point 7.5' M 3 IN. 9E. 03 012 1.3 M 3 IN. 9E. 10 013 1.5 M 3 IN. 9E. 15 014 2.3 M 3 IN. 9E. 15 015 0.6 M 3 IN. 9E. 23 016 0.4 M 3 IN. 9E. 23 017 0.7 M 3 IN. 9E. 23 018 2.8 M 3 IN. 9E. 23 019 0.1 M 3 IN. 9E. 26
Chippewa 059 0.8 Albany Island 7.5' M 4 IN. 3E. 07 060 2.0 M 4 IN. 3E. 09 061 0.1 M 4 IN. 3E. 10 073 3.5 DeTour Village 7. 5' M 4 IN. 4E. 08 074 1.2 M 4 IN. 4E. 08 075 4.0 M 4 IN. 4E. 09 076 1.5 M 4 IN. 4E. 09 077 7.5 M 4 IN. 4E. 10 085 1.0 Whitney Bay 7.5' M 4 IN. 5E. 07 086 4.0 M 4 IN. 5E. 14
087 1.2 M 4 IN. 5E. 14 090 0.1 M 4 IN. 5E. 16 091 0.3 M 4 IN. 5E. 17 092 3.0 M 4 IN. 5E. 23 108 4.0 Meade Island 7.5' M 4 IN. 6E. 20 109 2.0 Marble Head 7.5* M 4 IN. 6E. 24 120 0.1 M 4 IN. 7E. 18 122 3.5 M 4 IN. 7E. 28
Huron 001 0.3 Bay Port West 7.5* M ' 16N. 8E. 24 002 0.3 M 16N. 8E. 25 003 0.5 M 16N. 8E. 36 004 6.4 M 16N. 9E. 03 005 3.6 M 16N. 9E. 04
006 3. 1 M 16^'; 9E. 04 007 1.3 M 16N. 9E. 07 008 1.0 M 16N. 9E. 07 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. GL-02
I. WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION RIVER/L*AKE NAME: Lake Huron STATE: Michigan DISTRICT ESO - Lake States Office
Inv. Size in Legal Description County Unit Acres USGS Quad P.M. R. Sec.
[uron 009 0.1 Bay Port West 7.5' M 16N. 9E. 07 010 4.3 ?» M 16N. 9E. 09 Oil 0.3 »t M 17N. 9E. 22 n 012 0.5 M 17N. 9E. 32 013 0.3 Port Austin West 7.5' M 19N. 12 E. 35 014 0.3 Port Austin East 7.5' M 19N. 13E. 17
Mackinac 001 0.1 CedarvUle 7.5' M 4 IN. IE. 03 tt 002 1.5 V M 4 IN. IE. 03 003 0.1 II M 4 IN. IE. 08 004 0.5 tl M 42N. IE. 32 005 0.1 Prentiss Bay 7. 5' M 4 IN. 2E. 01 n 006 0.5 M 4 IN. 2E. 06 008 0.1 Cheboygan 15' M 39N. 1W. 27 011 0.1 CedarvUle 7.5' and M 4 IN. 1W. 24 Goose Island 7.5' 012 0.5 Hessel 7.5' M 42 N. 1W. 28 013 0.1 it M 42N. 1W. 28
014 1.4 ii M 42 N. 1W. 28 M 015 1.2 M 42 N. 1W. 28 016 1.3 tt M 42N. 1W. 29 017 0.1 tt M 42N. 1W. 29 018 0.1 it M 42 N. 1W. 29 019 0.3 Goose Island 7.5' M 42 N. 1W. 31 020 1.0 tt M 42N. 1W. 31 021 0.1 ti M 42 N. 1W. 32 022 0.1 it M 42 N. 1W. 32 023 4.1 St. Martins Island 7. 5" M 4 IN. 2W. 16
024 7.2 it M 42 N. 2W. 35 025 0.1 Goose Island 7.5' M 42N. 2W. 36 resque Isle 006 0.3 Thompsons Harbor 7.5' M 34N. 7W. 09
ixty-five islands; 93.4 acres 90 1
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II. UNIT ANALYSIS
These sixty -five BLM islands in Lake Huron are widely scattered along the south shore of the Upper Peninsula and the east shore of the Lower Peninsula. The majority occur as individuals or in groups of two or three. Alpena #013 through #019 form a compact cluster in Misery Bay near the two larger state islands - Crooked Island and Round Island. Huron #001 through #012 creates a wide spread group in Saginaw Bay in the Wildfowl Bay State Wildlife Area around Maison Island and Heisterman Island. The shoreline is privately owned and developed. None of the islands are encumbered by leases or easements.
The majority of the islands are apparently natural. Permanent improvements are presenton the following islands:
ISLAND IMPROVEMENTS
Alpena #012 Causeway, boat dock, and navigation signal. Huron #001 (Long Tree Island) Tarpaper hunting cabin. Mackinac #004 (White Loon Island) Old log shed. Mackinac #016 (Burnham Island) Cabin, boathouse, and dock. Mackinac #02 Boathouse.
The exclusive use of most of the islands is for wildlife habitat, scenic value and some hunting. Camping, picnicking and trapping use occurs on the more acces- sible islands.
The vegetation on the islands is limited. Alder and willow brush is the major
vegetation type. A few islands have stands of cottonwood , maple, aspen, and birch with occasional spruces and firs on the higher islands. Thirty -three of the islands are under four feet above mean high water. The rest are under ten feet high except Mackinac #024 at fifteen feet.
IIL UNIT EVALUATION
These islands clearly and obviously do not have wilderness potential. The com bination of small size, lack of challenging or diverse features and minimal screening, limit any solitude or recreational opportunities on the islands.
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IV. UNIT RECOMMENDATION
The islands are recommended as not qualifying for further inventory and should be dropped from the wilderness review process.
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WILDERNESS UNrT IDENTIFICATION RIVER/ LAKE NAME: Lake Michigan & Green Bay STATE: Michigan & Wisconsin DISTRICT ESO - Lake States Office
D Inv. Size in Legal Description County Unit Acres USGS Quad P.M. T. R. Sec.
Charlevoix, MI 002 5.0 Hog Island 15' M 39N. 8W. 06 ie 003 10.0 i« M 39N. 9W. 09 ii M 004 6.0 M. 39N. 9W. 10 M H 005 2.0 M 39N. 9W. 12 II n 006 1.0 M 39N. 9W. 13 II 007 3.0 M M 40N. 10W. 36
15' Delta, MI 003 0.3 F airport M 37N. 19W. . 07 1 15' 004* 0. 1 Rapid River M 39N. 20W. i 7 it 005* 1.0 M 4 IN. 21W. 3 j *' 006* 0.5 Gladstone 15' M 40N. 22W. 16
15' Dooi , WI 001 0.1 Washington Island 4 34N. 3 IE. 3i • 002 3.0 ii 4 32 N. 29E. 0i • n 003* 0.8 4 33N. 29E. 12 004* 1.3 ti 4 33N. 29E. 14 § 15' 005* 0.5 Sister Bay 4 30N. 28E. : i
* ii 006* 5.6 4 30N. 28E. 1 • % 007* 2.5 •i 4 30N. 28E. 21 •• ii 008* 5.1 4 30N. 28E. 2 I • 009* 0.2 ii 4 3 IN. 28E. 25 I* 010 0.1 Sturgeon Bay 15' 4 28N. 25E. 22 M it 011 0.2 4 28N. 25E. 22 II 012 0.8 Little Sturgeon 15* 4 27N. 24E. 10 II it 013 0.4 • 4 27N. 24E. 1 i
Emmet, MI 001 0.8- McGulpin POint 7. 5' M 39N. 4W. 20 004 1.8 Cross Village 15* M 38N. 7W. 2j
Grand Traverse, i Ml 006 0.8 Elk Rapids 15' M 30N. 10W. 14
: Mackinac, MI 026 . 1.7 McGulpin Point 7.5 M 4 ON. 4W. 23 ii 027 0.3 Epoufette 7.5' M 42 N. 7W. 07 ii 029 0.2 Hog Island Point 7.5' M 43N. 8W. 33 •I 030 0.5 Naubinway 7.5' M 43N. 9W. 33
Menominee, MI 010* 0.4 Birch Creek 7.5' M 32 N. 27W. 35 n 011* 0.1 M 32 N. 27W. 35
* Islands in Green Bay 93 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO.GL-03
UNIT ANALYSIS
The thirty -two islands in this unit are administered by BLM. The islands lie just off shore of the mainland in small harbors and bays except Charlevoix #002 -#007, which are part of the Beaver Island group in northern Lake Michigan and Delta #003 and Door #001 and #002, which are part of the Green Bay Archipelago. The shore- line ownership is private, county, state and federal. There are no leases or ease- ments encumbering these islands.
The majority of the islands are natural. Permanent improvements are found on the following islands:
ISLANDS IMPROVEMENT
Door #002 (Pilot Island) Abandoned Coast Guard Station Door #006 (Cana Island) Lighthouse (used as private cottage) Door #007 House (rundown condition) Door #008 Abandoned Coast Guard Station (converted to private cottage) Emmet #004 (He Aux Galets) Lighthouse Mackinac #030 Navigation Signal
The nearby shoreline ranges from a natural state to city development of Menominee, Michigan. Door #013 is all but gone as a result of a storm in 1972. The Charlevoix County islands are in close proximity to Hog Island and Garden Island which are part of the Beaver Islands Wildlife Research Area for Michigan. Pismire and Shoe Islands are in the same group and have been designated for wilderness for their wildlife value. Green Bay and Gravel Island National Wildlife Refuges are designated wilderness islands in the Green Bay archipelago. The rest of the islands receive occasional use for camp- ing, picnicking and hunting.
The islands have little diversity of topography. Vegetation is typical mixed northern hardwoods and some conifers. Typical species include cedar, birch, aspen, spruce, mountain ash, and basswood.
UNIT EVALUATION
The islands clearly and obviously do not have potential for wilderness. The permanent improvements on six of the islands are substantially noticeable due to the small size of the islands. Users would find it hard to avoid the sights and sounds of others on the islands due to the small size and limited screening available, so opportunities for solitude are not outstanding. Opportunities for primitive and unconfined recreation are also limited by the small size of the islands and lack of challenge or diversity on the islands.
94 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. GL-03
IV. UNIT RECOMMENDATION
The islands axe recommended as not qualifying for further inventory and should be dropped from the wilderness review process.
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Qc; BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SrUJATION EVALUATION NO. GL-04A
I. WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION RIVER/LAKE NAME: Lake Supeirior STATE: Michigan DISTRICT ESO - Lake States Office
Inv. Size in Legal Description County Unit Acres USGS Quad P.M. R. Sec.
Chippewa 001 1.0. Brimley 7.5' M 47N. 2W. 32 11 002 0.1 Pendills Lake 7.5' M 47N. 4W. 18
5' Keweenaw 004 0.4 Lake Medora 7. M 59N. 28W. 33 M 005 2.2 Fort Wilkins 7.5' M 59N. 28W. 36 M M 006 0.6 M 59N. 28W. 36 M 007 1.0 Lake Medora 7.5' M 59N. 29W. 26 M 5' 008 1.3 Delaware 7. M 59N. 29W. 30 II 009 0.3 it \ M 59N. 29W. 31 It 010 0.1 tt M 59N. 29W. 31 II 011 0.3 tt M 59N. 29W. 31 n 012 0.1 it M 59N. 29W. 31 II 013 0.1 it M 59N. 29W. 31
II 014 0.2 Eagle Harbor 7.5' M 58N. 30W. 06 M 015 0.2 it M 59N. 30W. 32 II 016 0.6 Delaware 7.5' M 59N. 30W. 33 II 017 1.2 tt M 59N. 30W. 34 It 018 1.0 ti M 59N. 30W. 35 II 019 0.2 it M 59N. 30W. 36 II 020 0.1 tt M 59N. 30W. 36 M 021 0.3 ti M 59N. 30W. 36 II 022 0.5 Eagle Harbor 7.5' M 58N. 31W. 01 II 023 0.5 tt M 58N. 31W. 01 It 024 1.0 it M 58N. 31W. 02
Marquette 006 0.5 Marquette 7.5' M 48N. 29W. 13 it 007 0.7 ti M 48N. 29W. 13 M 008 1.5 tt M 48N. 29W. 13 it 009 0.4 it M 48N. 29W. 23 M 018 0.6 Negaunee 15' M 50N. 26W. 21 M 019 0.3 it M 50N. 26W. 21 M •I 020 4.0 M 50N. 26W. 27
Ontonagon 001 0.8 Carp River 15' M 5 IN. 44W. 24
Thirty -one islands; 22. 1 acres BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. GL-04A
IL UNIT ANALYSIS
There are thirty -one islands in Lake Superior included in this unit. They occur as single islands and wide spread clusters in the immediate proximity of the shoreline of four counties. Shoreline ownership includes federal, county, city, and private. The BLM has no control over access or shoreline uses.
Ontonagon #001 (Lone Rock) is off shore from Porcupine Mountain State Park.
Chippewa #001 is off shore from Bay Mills and across from Brimley.
Chippewa #002 (Rose Island) is off shore from Hiawatha National Forest.
The islands in Keewanaw County are adjacent to the shore between Great Sand Bay to just east of Copper Harbor.'
Marquette #006 -#008 (Picnic Rocks) are adjacent to Shiras Park in the City of Marquette.
Marquette #009 (Ripley Rock) lies in the dredged harbor basin and shipping docks area of Marquette.
Marquette #018 -#020 lie immediately off shore near Garlic Mountain, ten miles north west of Marquette.
None of the islands have permanent improvements. Marquette #020 (Garlic Island) receives camping, picnicking and hunting use. Use of the other islands are primarily for scenic value and for nesting by colonial nesting birds such as gulls and terns.
The island's vegetation is sparse and most of the islands are barren rock out- crops. Marquette #020 supports a stand of red pine with some understory. These rock outcrops range in height from four to forty feet; half are between fifteen and twenty feet, one is forty feet, and the rest are under twelve feet.
IIL UNIT EVALUATION
The islands clearly and obviously do not have wilderness potential. The small size and lack of screening limit or eliminate any opportunities for solitude. The small size and limited challenge limit the opportunities for primitive and unconfined recreation.
97 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SnUATION EVALUATION NO. GL-04A
IV. UNIT RECOMMENDATION
The islands are recommended as not qualifying for further inventory and should be dropped from the wilderness review process.
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" I " w I I t K » l> * ' J' » f f "Program Manager Date / ) BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. GL-04B
I. WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION RIVER/ LAKE NAME: Middle Island Group (Lake Superior) • STATE: Michigan DISTRICT ESO-Lake States Office
Inv. Size in Legal Description County Unit Acres USGS Quad P.M. T. R. Sec.
Marquette 002 0.6 Marquette 7.5' M 48N. 25W. 01 003 0.8 tt M 48N. 25W. 01 004 2.0 •i M 48N. 25W. 02 005 1.2 it M 48N. 25W. 02 010 2.2 ti M 49N. 25W. 28 011 0.3 ti M 49N. 25W. 29 012 0.4 ii M 49N. 25W. 32 013 13.6 M 49N. 25W. 35 if 014 1.2 M 49N. 25W. 36
Nine islands; 22.3 acres
99 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION GL-04B
IL UNIT ANALYSIS
The nine islands in this unit are located in Partridge and Middle Bays and east of Presque Isle Point Park. The shoreline of bays and parks are developed as residential areas and scenic shoreline drives.
An on-site resource inventory of these islands on June 25, 1980, has led to the recommendation for this group. With the exception of Middle Island (#013) all of the islands are barren to sparsely vegetated rocky outcrops. The islands lack topographic diversity except for minimal elevation changes. Larus Island (#010) is a barren rocky dome about forty feet high. The major use of the islands is as gull rookeries. Although Island #014 adjacent to the park receives some use for sunbathing and day use.
Middle Island (#013) is a 13. 6 acre island with a mix of red and white pines, northern red oak, aspens, birch and cherry. The bedrock outcrops along the shoreline and several areas throughout the island. The northeast end of the island has an irregular bare rock face and rubble pile left by quarrying activities that had been conducted on the island. There are no permanent structures but concrete slabs and stone boats made of timber and steel are visible evidence of man's former use of the island. This evidence is concentrated on the east side of the island.
There is some topographic diversity on the island due to the varied height of the bedrock outcrops.
The continuous operation of the feeder belt at the coal -fired power plant located one mile southeast of Middle Island (#013) and Islands #004 and #005, is unavoidably audible. The power plant is visible from the southeast shore of Middle Island and top of the interior outcrops as well as throughout islands #004 and #005.
III. UNIT EVALUATION
The islands clearly and obviously do not have potential for wilderness. The small size and lack of vegetation preclude any opportunity for solitude from others on all the islands except Middle Island. The opportunities for solitude on Middle Islands are not outstanding due to the small size and the unavoidable impact of the power plant operation. Little opportunity for primitive recreation is offered by the rocky islands. Middle Island offers some opportunities for rock climbing on the quarry face and some camping opportunities. These opportunities are limited and are not outstanding due to the small size of the island.
100 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION GL-04B
IV. UNIT RECOMMENDATION
The islands are recommended as not qualifying for further inventory and should be dropped from the wilderness review process.
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I. WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION RATER/LAKE NAME: St. Mary's River and Contiguous lakes STATE: Michigan _DISTRICT: ESQ - Lake States Office
Inv. Size in River/ Lake USGS Legal Description County Unit Acres Name Quad PM T. R. Sec.
Chippewa 009 6.0 Munuscong M. 44N„ IE. 13 010 0.1 St. Mary's Payment 7.5' M 47N. IE. 01 River Oil 0.1 M 47N. IE. 01 012 0.7 Sault St. Marie M 47N. IE. 02 South 7.5' 013 0.3 M 47N. IE. 02 014 3.0 M 47 N. IE. 10 015 0.7 M 47 N. IE. 10 016 0.1 M 47N. IE. 10 017 0.1 M 47N. IE. 10 018 0.2 M 47N. IE. 10
019 1.2 M 47N. IE. 10 020 0.5 M 47N. IE. 10 021 1.8 M 47N. IE. 10 022 5.0 M 47N. IE. 10 023 1.6 M 47N. IE. 11 024 6.8 M 47N. IE. 23 025 0.2 M 47N. IE. 23 026 0.1 Munuscong Lake Munuscong 7. 5' M 44N. 2E. 03 027 28.0 M 44N. 2E. 08 028 0.1 M 44N. 2E. 10
029 26.0 M 44N. 2E. 10 030 13.0 M 44N. 2E. 18 031 0.6 M 44N. 2E. 25 032 0.4 M 44N. 2E. 28 033 0.2 M 44N. 2E. 28 034 1.0 M 44N. 2E. 31 035 0.5 M 44N. 2E. 31 036 6.0 St. Mary's Oak Ridge 7.5' M 45N. 2E. 12 River 037 0.5 ii M 45N. 2E. 12 n 038 1.5 M 45N. 2E. 12
102 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MICHIGAN BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT LAKE STATES OFFICE WILDERNESS REVIEW
PROPOSED INITIAL INVENTORY RECOMMENDATION
BLM LANDS RECOMMENDED AS CLEARLY a OBVIOUSLY NOT HAVING WILDERNESS POTENTIAL.
47 O
BLM LANDS RECOMMENDED FOR INTENSIVE WILDERNESS INVENTORY. * S^A ISLANDS 46 UPLANDS
OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES WILDERNESS
t£il v|$ DESIGNATED
* INDICATES ISLAND OR UPLAND INVENTORY UNIT NUMBER(S) ENCOMPASSED BY THE CIRCLE OR SQUARE. 39-470 INDICATES Slx ISLANDS NUMBERED 39 ^ THROUGH 47. THE ISLANDS AND UPLANDS ARE NUMBERED CONSECUTIVELY WITHIN EACH COUNTY. 1980 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. GL-05
I. WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION RIVER/ LAKE NAME: St. Mary's River and Contiguous Lakes STATE: Michigan DISTRICT: ESQ - Lake States Office
Inv. Size in River/ Lake USGS Legal Description County Unit Acres Name Quad PM T. R. Sec.
Chippewa 039 0.5 St. Mary *s Oak Ridge 7.5' M- 45N. 2E. 12 River
it ii 040 0.5 M 45N. 2E. 12 ft ti 041 0.2 M 45N. 2E. 12 042 1.0 Lake George Baie De Wasai 7.5' M 46N. 2E. 06 043 1.5 ii it M 46N. 2E. 06 044 1.0 Lake Nicolet Oak Ridge 7.5' M 46N. 2E. 21 045 0.1 ii ii M 46N. 2E. 21
1 M 046 1.5 M 46N. 2E. 21 047 0.6 Lake George it M 46N. 2E. 23 048 1.0 ti ti M 46N. 2E. 26
M •I 049 0. 1 M 46N. 2E. 26 n 050 1.5 Baie De Wasai 7.5* M 47N. 2E. 33 051 0. 1 St. Mary's Payment 7.5' M 48N. 2E, 30 River u M 052 0. 1 M 48N. 2E. 30 M ii 053 0. 1 M 48N. 2E. 30 054 0.3 it ti M 48N. 2E. 30 it M 055 0.1 M 48N. 2E. 31 M M 056 0. 1 M 48 N. 2E. 31 057 0.1 ii ti M 48N. 2E. 31 058 0.1 ii tt M 48N. 2E. 31
M 064 0.5 Goetzville 7.5' M 43N. 3E. 15 M it 065 0.5 M 43N. 3E. 15 ti M 066 2.5 M 43N. 3E. 21 067 0.1 ii Lime Island 7.5' M 43N. 3E. 24 ii it 068 0. 1 M 43N. 3E. 24 069 0.5 Munuscong Lake Munuscong NE 7.5' M 44N. 3E. 17 it M 070 0. 1 M 44N. 3E. 31 ii n 071 0. 1 M 44N. 3E. 31 072 0.5 St. Mary's Whitney Bay 7.5' M 4 IN. 4E. 01 River 078 1.0 Potagannissing Lime Island 7.5' M 42 N. 4E. 02 Bay BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. GL-05
I. WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION RIVER/ LAKE NAME; St. Mary's River and Contiguous Lakes
STATE: Michigla DISTRICT: ESO - Lake States Office
Inv. Size in River/ Lake USGS Legal Description County Unit Acres Name Quad PM T. R. Sec.
Chippewa 079 1.0 St. Mary's Lime Island 7.5' M- 42 N. 4E. 14 River
it 080 2.5 tt M 42 N. 4E. 16 n tt 081 0.5 M 42 N. 4E. 16 tt tt 0.6 M 42 N. 4E. 23 it 083 0.8 it M 42 N. 4E. 23 it 084 0.2 it M 42 N. 4E. 30 093 4.0 Potagannissing Burnt Island 7.5' M 42 N. 5E. 03 Bay 0.1 ii tt M 42 N. 5E. 10 M 0.2 Drummond 7.5' M 42 N. 5E. 13 2.0 it Burnt Island 7.5' M 42 N. 5E. 14
M tt 1.0 M 42 N. 5E. 20 3.0 it it M 42 N. 5E. 23 ii M 099 3.0 M 42 N. 5E. 27 100 0.1 ii Whitney Bay 7.5* M 42 N. 5E. 27 101 2.0 ii Burnt Island 7.5' M 42 N. 5E. 28 2.0 ii Whitney Bay 7.5' M 42N. 5E. 34 M 1( 0.7 Burnt Island 7.5' M 43N. 5E. 20 tt n 1C 2.0 M 43N. 5E. 25 M it 105 1.5 M 43N. 5E. 29 2.5 ii M M 43N. 5E. 34
ii 107 0.8 Drummond 7. 5' M 43N. 5E. 36 it M 110 0.4 M 42 N. 6E. 09 111 0.1 it tt M 43N. 6E. 19 •I n 112 0.1 M 43N. 6E. 21 113 0.4 it it M 43N. 6E. 30 n ii 114 0.1 M 43N. 6E. 31 115 0.1 ii it M 43N. 6E. 31 it M 116 1.6 M 43N. 6E. 31 117 2.5 it ii M 43N. 6E. 31 it n 118 0.1 M 43N. 6E. 33
Ninety islands; 155.0 acres BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. GL-05
IL UNIT ANALYSIS
This unit includes all ninety BLM islands in St. Mary's River, Lake Nicolet, Lake George, Munuscong Lake and Potagannissing Bay, which lie between the Soo Locks at Sault St. Marie and Lake Huron. There are numerous larger islands that are owned by the state or county or are privately owned. The islands occur as individuals, groups of two or three, clusters of twelve islands such as #012 through #023 or as widely scattered individuals as those in Potagannissing Bay. With the exception of Islands #027, #029, and #030, the islands average one acre in size. None of the islands are encumbered by leases or easements.
Permanent improvements or substantial evidence of man is found on seventeen islands. Many of these improvements are connected with navigation through the shipping channels in these waters. The remaining islands are natural. Permanent improvements are as follows:
ISLAND IMPROVEMENT
#014 Developed as city park, navigation light, and island is altered by channel dredging. #015 Altered by channel dredging. #022 Abandoned fishing shack. #023 Cabin. #026 Cabin (has been burned down). #028 Navigation light at side of island. #029 (Moon Island) Navigation light on north ends. #031 (Pilot Island) Navigation light with rockline from mainland to island. #038 Navigation light/ triangulation marker. #046 Triangulation marker. #053 Hunting shack. #069 (Two Tree Island) Triangulation marker. #072 (Jones Island) Powerline to island then underwater cable across channel. #079 (Squaw Island) Navigation light. #082 (Pipe Island Twins) Triangulation marker. #083 (Pipe Island Twins) Navigation light. #098 (Willoughby Island) Cabin, powerline and causeway.
The primary use of the islands aside from scenic and wildlife use is for hunting. Camping, picnicking and snowmobiling use occur on a few of the more accessible islands such as those near Sault St. Marie and the larger wooded islands. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY SITUATION EVALUATION NO. GL-05
St. Mary's River is the major shipping channel between Lake Superior and the rest of the Great Lakes and Atlantic Ocean.
The topography of the islands has no variety and is generally flat. The islands vary in height from one to ten feet. The small size of the islands limit the vegetative screening available on the islands. The vegetative cover ranges from stands of lowland hardwoods of cottonwood, birch and elm to spruce -fir forest types to brush and grass cover. Even the larger islands (#027, #029 and #030) support only a few cottonwood trees and some brush and wetland vegetation. They are flat, low -lying (2 -4 feet) irregular islands.
IIL UNIT EVALUATION
These islands clearly and obviously do not have potential for wilderness. The small size, flat topographic character, poor vegetative screening and lack of diversity or challenge all reduce any solitude or primitive and unconfined recreation opportunities to less than outstanding.
IV. UNIT RECOMMENDATION
The islands are recommended as not qualifying for further inventory and should be dropped from the wilderness review process.
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Bureau of Land Management Wilderness Inventory
GREAT LAKE ISLANDS NOT RECOMMENDED as Wilderness Study Areas (Intensive Inventory)
SE No . UNIT NAME NO. OF ISLANDS ACREAGE
GL-06 Waugoshance and 2 290 Temperance Island (Lake Michigan)
Total 2 290
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT INTENSIVE WILDERNESS INVENTORY NO. GL - 06
I. WILDERNESS UNIT IDENTIFICATION ISLAND NAME: Waugoshance and Temperance Islands (Lake M ichigan) STA'I E: Michigan DISTRICT: ESO -Diil uth Field Office
Inv. Island Size in Legal Desci•iption County Unit Name Acres USGS Quad PM T. R. Sec.
Emmett 002 Waugoshance 170 Cross Village 15' M 39N. 6W. 20 n n 003 Temperance 120 M 39N. 6W. 22
II. UNIT ANALYSIS (Initial Inventory Data)
Ownership : Waugoshance and Temperance Islands lie west of Waugoshance Point which is part of Wilderness State Park on the northern tip of the Lower Peninsula. The islands have been claimed by the State of Michigan and managed as part of Wilderness State Park. In 1967, BLM began an inventory to identify federally owned unsurveyed islands and surveyed upland tracts in the Lake States area (Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota). These two islands appear to meet the criteria for federal ownership. Michigan has not relinquished its claim to the
islands, however, it has agreed to submit an application for a Recreation and Public Purpose lease or patent to retain and manage the islands as part of the State Park.
Improvements and Uses : The islands have no permanent improvements on them. However, a hunting shack was found on the mid -south side of Waugoshance Island along with the remains of two razed hunting shacks. These were illegal occupancies and contrary to the park management policy of no overnight use of the islands in-
cluding camping. Day use on the islands is primarily nature study oriented such as wildlife, plant study, birdwatching and rock hounding. Hunting, fishing and swimming opportunities are also available on or from the islands. There are no park developments on the islands.
Litter washed ashore is evident on the beaches of the islands.
Rusted fuel pod, helicopter blades and scrap metal can be found sporadically strewn across the island. This is evidence of past use of the islands for a bombing range.
General Vegetation and Topographic Features: Waugoshance Island is low and sandy with little topographic character aside from the sand dune which virtually encom-
passes the interior of the island. This dune is stabilized by pure stands of northern white cedar which buffers the interior stands of birch, aspen and balsam fir. A small eutrophic lake is located on the east end of the island. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT INTENSIVE WILDERNESS INVENTORY NO. GL - 06
Temperance Island is actually a cluster of islands separated by marshes and boulder strewn open water shallows. The vegetation of the islands consist of a conifer -hardwood forest mix of ash, aspen, birch, basswood, cherry and white cedar with an occasional spruce and tamarack. Dunes comprise the whole island or protect the island interior and are stabilized by beach grass, common juniper, bearberry and northern white cedar.
III. WILDERNESS CHARACTERISTICS (Intensive Inventory Data)
1. Size: The islands contain a total of two hundred and ninety (290) acres. The largest island is 170 acre Waugoshance Island. The concentration of the island group as well as its water surroundings and proximity to the generally undeveloped point of Wilderness State Park, make its preservation and use in an unimpaired condition practicable.
Summary : Does the island have sufficient size to make practicable its preservation and use in an unimpaired condition?
2. Naturalness: The islands have some evidence of man in the form of camp- sites, hunting shacks and litter. Rusting fuel pods, helicopter blades and metal scrap is evidence of the former use for military bombing range. The hunting shacks are concentrated in white cedar groves on the south side of Waugoshance Island on the lee side of the dune. The litter appears to have been washed ashore rather than brought to the islands due to its scattered nature and location on the waterside of dune and beaches. The rusting metal scraps are found at random and are generally insignificant of the whole unit. Navigation lights are visible from the beach fronts on the north and west but are not substantially noticeable from the interior. A fog horn is audible throughout the islands when in operation. However, its distance from the island reduces its impact. Freighters are visible and audible from various locations on the islands. Summary : Do the islands generally appear to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature, with the imprints of man's work substantially unnoticeable? YES,) NO 3A. Solitude : The small size of the individual islands that make up Temperance Island and the limited vegetative screening make the opportunity for solitude less than outstanding. ^ 1 BUR 12 A U OF LA ND MA NA i iNL E NT INTENSIVE WILDERNESS INVENTORY NO. GL - 06 Solitude opportunities on Waugoshance Island are considered outstanding. The isolated position and limitations on access restrict the number of people who use the island. The dense vegetation in combination with the relative size of the island provide outstanding opportunities for solitude. Summary: Do the islands have outstanding opportunities for solitude? (yes) NO 3B. Primitive and Unconfined Recreation : Recreation opportunities on and from the islands range from hunting and fishing to rock hounding and birdwatching. There are also primitive camping opportunities available on the islands, although they are contrary to the present management policy of the park. The diversity and combination of the primitive and unconfined recreation opportunities are outstanding. Summary : Do the islands have outstanding opportunities for primitive and unconfined type of recreation? (ye£) NO 4. Supplemental Values : Michigan's Department of Natural Resources has proposed the state park and the two islands as Wilderness and Natural Areas respectively. Natural Areas are managed primarily for their value for nature study, interpretation and educational values, while Wilderness Areas are more recreation oriented. Ecological significance of the park and islands are further emphasized by the recommendation of Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service to designate the area as a National Natural Landmark exclusive of the campground and picnic grounds. Summary : Do the islands contain ecological, geological, or other features of scientific, educational, scenic, or historical value? (fES) NO 5. Possibility of Certain Areas Returning to a Natural Condition: The imprints of man on the islands are substantially unnoticeable in the present state. They would be easily removed by hand labor. Summary : If the islands were to become wilderness, could the imprint of man's work be reduced by either natural processes or by hand labor to a level judged to be substantially unnoticeable? es; NO BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT INTENSIVE WILDERNESS INVENTORY NO. GL - 06 V. RECOMMENDATION Both islands are apparently natural and offer outstanding opportunities for solitude and primitive and unconfined recreation. The supplemental values of the islands are apparent due to proposals by the state to designate them as a Natural Area and the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service to designate the area as a National Natural Landmark. The proximity of the islands to Wilderness State Park makes them a natural extension of the park. Ownership of the islands is also in conflict and must be resolved through cadastral survey and possibly the courts, before submitting them to wilderness study and making suitable or non suitable wilderness recommendations. The wilderness values described above have been and are currently being protected by management as part of the Wilderness State Park. The State of Michigan has indicated that they intend to apply to have these islands transferred to State ownership under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act of 1926 as amended; further the state is the most logical managing agency. Designation of these lands as a Wilderness Study Area will cause delay and added expense in acting on the Recreation and Public Purposes application. In view of the foregoing, we recommend that Waugoshance and Temperance Islands not be designated as Wilderness Study Areas and that the State of Michigan be encouraged to apply for them under the terms of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-579) and the Recreation and Public Purposes Act. SIGNATURE_^ DATE ll/lCfto Landscape Architect 112 WILDERNESS INVENTORY WILDERNESS SUMMARY SHEET I. LOCATION Inventory Unit No. (area or island, grouping of areas or islands): Emmett 002 and 003 Areas/ Island Name: Waugoshance and Temperance Island District: Lake States State: Eastern States Office II. SUMMARY: A. Results of wilderness characteristics analysis. 1. Does the area or island appear to be natural? X Y es No 2. Doeb the area or island offer outstanding opportunities for solitude or a primitive and unconfined type recreation? X Y es No 3. Does the area meet any of the size requirements? X Y es No 4 Does the area or island have supplemental values? X Yes No B. Resulting Map. Attach a map showing inventory unit, roads, area with possibility of returning to a natural state, recommended boundary of wilderness study area (WSA). Ill RECOMMENDATION: Check one: Area or island should be approved as a WSA. Area or island does not qualify for wilderness study. A portion of the area (s) or island (s) should be approved as a WSA for further study and reported to the President. The restrictions imposed by Section 603 will no longer apply (reference to map) on the remainder of the area. X The islands should not be approved as a Wilderness Study Area. IV. APPROVAL: A. Program Manager: . Date: . B. ^ State Director: Date: INSET SCATET: 67500" o r- mo JOilO :mooo ieet l i KILOMfTEf-S n-n:7:TiTTh™ CONTOUR INTERVAL 20 FEET DOTTED UNES REPRESENT 10-rOOT CONTOURS NATIONAL GEODETIC VERTICAL DATUM OF 1929 ^ DEPTH CURVES AND SOUNDINGS IN FEET— DATUM IS 578 FEET QUADRANGLE LOCATION MCHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES + EMMET COUNTY yiiJilVifiTJI i| i i 114 Bureau of Land Management Library Denver Service Center V 1 Q « az « c D H 8 W D OS 3 C C u 1 1 ?! 1 QH 76-5 .M5 E278 1981 U- S. Bureau of Land Management. Eastern States Bureau of Land Management i.oi Iderness inventory BLM LIBRARY RS150ABLDG.50 DENVER FEDERAL CENTER P.O. BOX 25047 DENVER, CO 80225