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1 Revision Date: --9 Stand Examiner: Rick Hill Legal Description: TN-RW, sections and Compartment Review Presentation Gwinn Forest Management Unit Compartment Entry Year Acreage: County Marquette Management Area: Voelker Plains Identified Planning Goals: Vegetative management in the Voelker Plains management area will provide a variety of forest products; maintain or enhance wildlife habitat; protect areas with unique characteristics; and provide for forest based recreational uses. Soil and topography: Glacial and outwash plains form topography that is nearly level to gently rolling. Soils are course sands or organics in drainage way bottomlands. Ownership Patterns, Development, and Land Use in and Around the Compartment: This compartment is bordered by small non-industrial private ownerships. Land use is primarily for forest production, passive recreation, and residential. Unique Natural Features: The Escanaba River flows through section. Several other small streams also occur over this land. Archeological, Historical, and Cultural Features: There are no known sites in this compartment. Special Management Designations or Considerations: None known at this time. Watershed and Fisheries Considerations: This compartment contains the West Branch of the Escanaba River which is a Type trout stream greater than width. In addition, this compartment contains Rocky Creek and several unnamed tributaries which are all designated Type trout streams less than width which serve as tributaries to the West Branch of the Escanaba River. A buffer is recommended for Rocky Creek and unnamed tributaries in riparian areas adjacent to stands which include Aspen. For all other riparian areas, Best Management Practices should be followed to reduce erosion into waterbodies. Wildlife Habitat Considerations: Compartment is found within the Voelker Plains Management Area; on an Outwash Plain in central Marquette County. The dominant Natural Communities are dry northern forests and dry mesic northern forests. Wildlife considerations in the Voelker Plains management area consist of: managing jack pine habitat with strategies that more closely mimic natural fire disturbance regimes, and increasing stand size and striving to accommodate many species associated with xeric forest habitat is desirable. Wildlife management issues in the management area are: early successional forest conditions (associated with alder, riparian zones, or forested wetlands), mast (hard and soft); habitat fragmentation, early successional forest; and large open land complexes. The following have been identified as featured species for Voelker Plains Management Area: American woodcock, beaver, black bear, and Kirtland's warbler. Mineral Resource and Development Concerns and/or Restrictions Surface sediments consist of glacial outwash sand and gravel and postglacial alluvium. The glacial drift thickness varies between and feet. The Precambrian Archean Granite/Gneiss subcrops below the glacial drift. This rock could be used as a dimension stone. A gravel pit is located in Section and there should be potential. The abandoned Republic iron mine is located eight miles to the northwest. This area has not been leased previously for metallic exploration, but active leases are located in Section to the west. There is no economic oil and gas production in the UP. Vehicle Access: // 9:: AM - Page of DOHMN

2 There is good access to the compartment via Co. Rd and other seasonal and department roads. Survey Needs: There may be some surveys needed for timber sale preparation these will be submitted after preview. Recreational Facilities and Opportunities: There is no developed recreation in this compartment. The heaviest public use is for hunting and trapping and other passive recreation. Fire Protection: This compartment is within the Zone dispatch area. Most of the compartment is jack pine with homes and camps on adjacent lands making wild land urban interface a major issue here. This area is relatively close to the Ishpeming office making response times faster. Additional Compartment Information: The following reports from the Inventory are attached: Total by Cover Type and Age Class Cover Type by Harvest Method Proposed Treatments No Limiting Factors Proposed Treatments With Limiting Factors Stand Details (Forested and Nonforested) Dedicated and Proposed Special Conservation Areas Site Condition Details The following information is displayed, where pertinent, on the attached compartment maps: Base feature information, stand boundaries, cover types, and numbers Proposed treatments Site condition boundaries Details on the road access system // 9:: AM - Page of DOHMN

3 Cover Type & Treatments Map Compartment: TN, RW, Sec.,, County: Marquette Unit: Gwinn Mgmt Area: Voelker Plains YOE: :. GIS Calculated Examiner: Rick Hill Map Revised: // Map Phase: Post-Review R W '"N F F Island Lake R 9 Gwinn 9 J G Lake Unky Gwinn - S '"N X Miris Corners Remonumented Section Corners Survey Grade GPS Corners Field Grade GPS Corners Airport County Paved Roads Paved Roads County Gravel Roads Gravel Roads County Poor Dirt Roads Poor Dirt Roads Rivers Compartment Boundary Clearcut (w/reserves) Regeneration Survey - Planted s - Natural s 9 - Mixed Upland Conifers - Lowland Coniferous Forest - Roads/Parking Lot - Upland Shrub - Low Density Trees - Lowland Shrub - Emergent Wetland Lakes '"N '"N '"N S J 9 V J S Gwinn U -Monitor S U 9 - -Cut 9 - MC MC 9-Cut - - U - -Monitor -Cut - J - N - U -Monitor 9 - MC -Cut J - - J - U 9 - X - U - J - X - -Monitor - - S - S -Cut Gwinn -Cut Z N G S 9-Cut 9 -Cut Z S '"N -Cut Gwinn Perch Lake J '"N Z '"WR V Gwinn 9 '"W R 9 U '"W D. Little Perch Lake '"W 9 '"W Lake Francoeur -Monitor J Miles

4 Stand Boundary Map W 9 F R 9 J G 9 9 '"N 9 - S R '"N Compartment: TN, RW, Sec.,, County: Marquette Unit: Gwinn Mgmt Area: Voelker Plains YOE: :. GIS Calculated Examiner: Rick Hill Map Revised: // Map Phase: Post-Review F X - - Miris Corners Remonumented Section Corners Survey Grade GPS Corners - Field Grade GPS Corners - J '"N - N - - U - '"N U 9 V J S S S J MC 9 - MC - U S U G - - J - - X 9 - U 9 - MC - S - - U - J - - '"N 9 - X - S '"N Z Z N '"N Airport County Paved Roads Paved Roads County Gravel Roads Gravel Roads County Poor Dirt Roads Poor Dirt Roads Rivers Compartment Boundary Stand Boundaries - Planted s - Natural s 9 - Mixed Upland Conifers - Lowland Coniferous Forest - Roads/Parking Lot - Upland Shrub - Low Density Trees - Lowland Shrub - Emergent Wetland - J V Z '"W R R '"W 9 U D '"W 9. '"W '"W J Miles

5 Special Conservation Areas & Site Conditions Map Compartment: TN, RW, Sec.,, County: Marquette Unit: Gwinn Mgmt Area: Voelker Plains YOE: :. GIS Calculated Examiner: Rick Hill Map Revised: // Map Phase: Post-Review R '"N W F A - B - F R 9 9 J G - S 9 9 Miris Corners Remonumented Section Corners Survey Grade GPS Corners Field Grade GPS Corners Airport 9 County Paved Roads Paved Roads County Gravel Roads Gravel Roads County Poor Dirt Roads Poor Dirt Roads Rivers Compartment Boundary Unavailable J: Water quality / BMPs (stream, river, or lake) E: Long-Term Retention Stand Boundaries Cold Water Streams Cold Water Lakes High Priority Trout Stream Buffer Riparian Area '"N '"N '"N '"N S J 9 V J S - E U - J - - J - J - - J S - J - J U MC MC E N - - J - U - J J MC U X - - U J - - J U J - - J - X - X J - S J - Z J - N G J - S 9 Z J - S '"N J '"N Z '"WR V '"W R 9 U '"W D. '"W 9 '"W J Miles

6 Gwinn Mgt. Unit Report Total by Cover Type and Age Class Compartment Year of Entry Rick Hill : Examiner Age Class Non-Forest Uneven-Aged Total Jack Low-Density Trees Lowland Shrub Lowland Spruce/Fir Marsh Natural Mixed s Upland Conifers Upland Shrub Urban Total // 9:: AM - Page of DOHMN

7 Report Treatment Summary Gwinn Mgt. Unit Year of Entry: of Harvest Compartment Total Compartment : Commercial Harvest - Harvests with Site Condition - Harvest - Habitat Cut - Cover Type by Harvest Method Clearcut Selection Patch Clearcut Seed Tree Shelterwood Thinning Overstory Removal Salvage Total Jack Natural Mixed s Upland Conifers Total Proposed and Treatments by Method Harvest Site Prep Planting Seeding Burning Pesticide Monitoring Non-Forest Mgt. Total Current 9 9 Total 9 9 // 9:: AM - Page of DOHMN

8 Gwinn Mgt. Unit Report -- Treatments Compartment: S t a n d Treatment Name Stand CoverType Size Density Stand Age BA Range Treatment Type Treatment Method Year of Entry: Cover Type Objective Age Structure Approval Status - Monitor. - Natural Jack Habitat Cut: No Site Condition: Prescription Count per TMS spec Specs: Sapling Immatu re Monitoring Natural Regen (Re-Inventory) - Natural Jack Even-Aged Draft Field Boundary Treatments: Acceptable Regen: Jack Comment: C- Proposed Start Date: // - Monitor. - Upland Shrub Nonstocked Habitat Cut: No Site Condition: Prescription Specs: Unspec ified Monitoring Artificial Regen(yr) - Natural Jack Even-Aged Draft Field Boundary Treatments: Acceptable Regen: Comment: Monitoring, Artificial Regen(yr); Pesticide, Skidder/Mechanical; Planting, Replant jack pine Percent to Treat = % Proposed Start Date: // - Monitor. - Upland Shrub Nonstocked Habitat Cut: No Site Condition: Prescription Count per TMS spec. C- Specs: Unspec ified Monitoring Artificial Regen(yr) - Planted Jack Even-Aged Draft Field Boundary Treatments: Acceptable Regen: Comment: Monitoring, Artificial Regen(yr); Pesticide, Hand Application; Planting, Initial Plant Jack pine Percent to Treat = % Proposed Start Date: // 9 9-Cut. 9 - Natural Mixed - Harvest Clearcut - Planted Red Even-Aged Draft Field Boundary Habitat Cut: No Site Condition: Prescription Clearcut stand, leave no residual. To protect Kirtland Warblers during nesting and fledging season no operations will be permitted /-/. Specs: Treatments: Acceptable Regen: Comment: SitePrep, Scarification; Pesticide, Aerial; Planting, Initial Plant; Monitoring, Artificial Regen(yr); Monitoring, Artificial Regen(yr) Red Consider chipping, herbicide or burning to control scots pine regen after the harvest. Proposed Start Date: // // 9:: AM - Page of DOHMN

9 Gwinn Mgt. Unit Report -- Treatments Compartment: S t a n d Treatment Name Stand CoverType Size Density Stand Age BA Range Treatment Type Treatment Method Year of Entry: Cover Type Objective Age Structure Approval Status -Cut. 9 - Natural Mixed - Harvest Clearcut - Planted Red Even-Aged Draft Field Boundary Habitat Cut: No Site Condition: Prescription Clearcut Sand, no retention due to scots pine in stand. Replant to stand red pine. To protect Kirtland Warblers during the nesting fledging period Specs: operations will be permitted during /-. Treatments: SitePrep, Trenching; Pesticide, Aerial; Planting, Initial Plant; Monitoring, Artificial Regen(yr); Monitoring, Artificial Regen(yr); Burn, Slash; Burn, Slash; Burn, Slash; Burn, Slash; Burn, Slash Acceptable Regen: red pine, spruce Comment: Consider chipping, burning or herbicide to control scots pine volunteers. Proposed Start Date: // - Plant. - Upland Shrub Nonstocked Habitat Cut: No Site Condition: Prescription Specs: Unspec ified Planting Replant - Natural Jack Even-Aged Draft Field Boundary Treatments: Monitoring, Artificial Regen(yr); Pesticide, Skidder/Mechanical Acceptable Regen: jack pine Comment: Percent to Treat = % Proposed Start Date: // -Cut. - Natural Jack Medium - Habitat Cut: No Site Condition: Survey Needed Prescription Specs: Treatments: Acceptable Regen: Comment: Jack, Black Spruce, Red Lowland spruce inclusion may be wet, recommend an operating caution. Harvest Clearcut with Retention - Natural Jack Draft Field Boundary Clearcut stand, Leave a pocket within the lowland spruce inclusion and on the eastern edge of the jack pine. To protect Kirtland Warblers during nesting and fledging season no operations will be permitted /-/. Seeding, Machine Seed; Monitoring, Artificial Regen(yr) Proposed Start Date: // Jack, Spruce Even-Aged -Cut. 9 - Mixed Upland - Harvest Clearcut with - Natural Even-Aged Draft Field Conifers Retention Jack Boundary Habitat Cut: No Site Condition: Prescription Clearcut stand, leave any red or white pine To protect Kirtland Warblers during nesting and fledging season no operations will be permitted /- Specs: /. Treatments: Acceptable Regen: Comment: Monitoring, Artificial Regen(yr); Seeding, Machine Seed Proposed Start Date: // Total Treatment Acreage Proposed: 9. // 9:: AM - Page of DOHMN

10 Gwinn Availability for Management Total Available Mgt. Unit Rick Hill : Examiner Avail With Condition Not Available % % % Report Site Conditions Dominant Site Conditions I J E Jack Low-Density Trees Lowland Shrub Lowland Spruce/Fir Marsh Natural Mixed s Upland Conifers 9 Upland Shrub Urban Total Forested Relative Percent Compartment: Year of Entry: *Due to limitations in the current Site Conditions Analysis tool, all nonforested acres are considered available. Future development will enable analysis of nonforested types. Site Dominant Site No. Cond Availability Dominant Site Condition Site Condition Site Condition Site Condition Site Condition Unavailable E: Long-Term Retention Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Unavailable J: Water quality / BMPs (stream, river, or lake) Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Unavailable E: Long-Term Retention Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified // 9::9 AM - Page of DOHMN

11 Gwinn Mgt. Unit Rick Hill : Examiner Report Site Conditions Compartment: Year of Entry: Unavailable J: Water quality / BMPs (stream, river, or lake) Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Unavailable J: Water quality / BMPs (stream, river, or lake) Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Unavailable J: Water quality / BMPs (stream, river, or lake) Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Available I: Survey needed Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified // 9::9 AM - Page of DOHMN

12 Mgt. Unit Compartment: #Type! Year of Entry: Report PROPOSED SPECIAL CONSERVATION AREA* (SCA) DETAILS * This is a partial list of SCAs for this compartment. Not included are those areas identified under other Department initiatives (Natural Rivers, Deer Wintering Areas, etc.). Those will be identified in separate, future map and report products. SCA Name SCA Category Detail Type Recommendation Comments // 9:: AM - Page of DOHMN

13 Gwinn Mgt. Unit Compartment: Year of Entry Report EXISTING SPECIAL CONSERVATION AREA DETAILS * This is a list of SCA's for this compartment along with a / mile buffer surrounding the compartment. Refer to the Special Conservation Area Map for locations of the below listed Conservation Areas. Conservation Area Type Description ERA = Ecological Reference Area HCVA = High Conservation Value Area SCA = Special Conservation Area SCA SCA Cold Water Stream Riparian Area A coldwater stream has temperature and dissolved oxygen conditions that allow naturally-reproduced or stocked trout populations and those of other coldwater fish species (e.g., slimy sculpin) to persist from year to year. Coldwater streams in Michigan typically provide these conditions due to substantial contributions of groundwater to their stream flows. Such streams are established by Director's action and designated as trout resources by Fisheries Order. A transitional area between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in which the terrestrial ecosystem influences the aquatic ecosystem and vice-versa. Because of the unique conditions adjacent to lakes, streams and open water wetlands, riparian areas harbor a high diversity of plants and wildlife. Riparian communities are ecologically and socially significant in their effects on water quality and quantity, as well as aesthetics, habitat, bank stability, timber production, and their contribution to overall biodiversity. // 9:: AM - Page of

14 S t a n d Level Cover Type Gwinn Mgt. Unit Report Forested Stands Compartment: Size Density Stand Age BA Range Year of Entry: General - Black Spruce Medium. - - Natural Jack. - STAND CUT IN 9-. SCARIFIED AND DIRECT SEEDED MAY 9. - Natural Jack Sapling. Unspecified Harvested as part of timber sale #---, AMVETS Jack. Cut by J. Carey Logging summer 9. A small patch of mature trees were left at the south end of the stand for retention purposes. Stand was trenched and seeded under FTP # -. passed regen count in the summer of at an average of trees per ac. - Planted Jack Sapling. Immature Harvested in 9: TS#--. Planted to jack pine and red pine in Natural Jack Sapling. Immature Stand was salvage cut late summer of by St.John Forest Products, permit #--, "Jack Salvage West", due to damage from severe windstorm on //. FTP # C- written on // for site prep and seeding of jack pine. Actual trenching/seeding occurred on //. - Planted Jack Sapling. Immature Cut in 999: TS# -9-. Post cutting stand was roller chopped to treat slash and subsequently hand planted with jack pine. - Natural Jack Sapling. Immature Stand was clearcut as a salvage sale in late summer of : TS#--, "Jack Salvage West", due to damage from a severe windstorm which occurred on //. FTP #C- written on //. Actual trenching & seeding occurred on //. - Natural Jack Sapling. Immature Harvested as part of timber sale #---, AMVETS Jack. Cut by J. Carey Logging summer 9. - Planted Jack Sapling. Immature CUT IN 99 PERMIT #9--. TRENCHED IN 99- PLANTED /99. - Natural Jack Medium. - - Black Spruce. - - Planted Jack Sapling. Immature CUT IN 99 PERMIT #9--. TRENCHED IN 99. PLANTED /9. - Natural Jack Sapling. Immature Stand was commercially cut in Sept. 999, permit # -9, " Den Sale". FTP for disk trenching and seeding is C-. Stand was not seeded due to equipment failure. The site adequately regenerated as a result of the trenching. 9 - Planted Jack Sapling. Immature CUT IN 9: PERMIT #-. PLANTED IN 99. // 9:: AM - Page of DOHMN

15 S t a n d Level Cover Type Gwinn Mgt. Unit Report Forested Stands Compartment: Size Density Stand Age BA Range Year of Entry: General - Black Spruce. - - Planted Jack Sapling. Immature Was commercially cut in August, 999 : permit # -9, "West Branch Creek Sale". Trenched and planted: FTP # C-. - Planted Jack Sapling. Immature CUT IN 9: PERMIT #-. TRENCHED FALL99. PLANTED 99. Some red pine were planted along Co. Rd.. - Natural Jack Medium. Harvested in 9: TS#/9A. Scarified and broadcast seeded in 9 (FTP# F-) Natural Mixed. - SCOTCH PINE PLANTED BY MACHINE 99-. Now a mix of Scotts and jack pine. Scotts pine are generally poorly formed. 9 - Natural Mixed. - Scotts pine trenched and seeded in 9. - Black Spruce. This is a small stand it should be harvested with adjacent stands. - Planted Jack Sapling 9. Immature Stand cut in 999, TS#-9-. Trenched and planted, Black Spruce. - - Black Spruce. Stand acts as a buffer to the creek. - Natural Jack Sapling. Immature Commercially cut in Oct. : TS# --, "West Branch Creek Sale".. FTP C- was written on // for site prep & seeding jack pine. Trenching & seeding occurred on //. No herbicide was used. Windstorm of // knocked down some trees on the east side of this sale, which were salvaged in late under permit Natural Jack Sapling. Immature Cut in 99 under PERMIT -9. PLANTED /9 - Planted Jack Sapling.9 Immature Stand cut in 999, TS#-9-. Trenched and planted, C Black Spruce. - - Natural Jack Sapling. Immature CUT IN 99: TS#-. TRENCHED IN 99 & 99. PLANTED /9. - Planted Jack Sapling. Immature Cut in 999, TS#-9-. Planted to jack pine fall of. // 9:: AM - Page of DOHMN

16 S t a n d Level Cover Type Gwinn Mgt. Unit Report Forested Stands Compartment: Size Density Stand Age BA Range Year of Entry: General - Planted Jack Sapling. Immature Cut in 9 to facilitate take offs and landings on adjacent airstrip. Regeneration over time has resulted in ranging age, size, and stocking classes. there is also a strip cut in 999, TS#-9-. Planted to jack pine fall of. stands where combined to meet mapping standards. - Planted Jack Sapling. Immature Cut in 999, TS#-9-. Planted to jack pine fall of. - Natural Jack Medium. - Wide ranging stocking and size classes. 9 - Mixed Upland Conifers. - // 9:: AM - Page of DOHMN

17 Gwinn Mgt. Unit Report Nonforested Stands Compartment: Year of Entry: Stand Cover Type Managed Site General - Wet Meadow. No - Upland Shrub. Stand harvested February by Holli Forest Products, Inc. TS# --- (C. Jack ). All live jack pine were cut, no other trees were cut, except standing dead within feet of the Co. Rd. There is a considerable amount of standing dead timber through the stand. A buffer along Rocky Creek was left, primarily the hillside along the north edge of the stand. under FTP c- for jack pine regen trenched and seeded in. Site failed a regen count, was planted at t/a by Superior Forestry Services in the spring of. - Upland Shrub.9 Stand harvested February by Holli Forest Products, Inc. TS# --- (C. Jack ). All live jack pine were cut, no other trees were cut except the standing dead within feet of the road. There is a considerable amount of standing dead timber left within this stand. Under FTP c- for jack pine regeneration. Site failed a regen count, was planted at t/a by Superior Forestry Services in the spring of. - Lowland Shrub. No - Road/Parking Lot. No County Hwy - Low-Density Trees. No Moderately steep slope down to a lowland conifer type. Aspect is easterly. Contains a few bushy jack pines. - Sweet Fern. No Abandoned ELF ROW. - Alder/willow. No Tag alder bottom lands of the creek. - Upland Shrub. Stand harvested summer of by Holli Forest Products, T. Sale 9, #-9--. Only live jack pine trees were cut. All spruce-fir were left as well as any dead standing jack pine. under FTP for jack pine regen C-. Stand was trench and seeded in by DNR resources. Site failed a regen count, was planted at t/a by Superior Forestry Services in the spring of. Site failed a walk though in the fall of on the planting list for. 9 - Upland Shrub (OI). No Abandoned ELF ROW. - Road/Parking Lot. No Cut in 999: TS# -9-. Post cutting stand was roller chopped to treat slash and subsequently hand planted with jack pine. 9 - Road/Parking Lot. No CUT IN 9: PERMIT #-. TRENCHED FALL99. PLANTED 99. Some red pine were planted along Co. Rd.. - Lowland Shrub. No // 9::9 AM - Page of DOHMN