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1 Revision Date: Stand Examiner: Scott Sebero Legal Description: TN, R3W 22, 23, 26, 27, 3 and 36. Compartment Review Presentation Crystal Falls Forest Management Unit Compartment Entry Year Acreage: County Iron Management Area: Ralph Ground Moraine Identified Planning Goals: Develop age class distribution in aspen type. Develop the quality while maintaining diversity in hardwood types. Maintain health of conifer types and increase acreage where possible. Develop buffers on lakes and streams. Maintain and improve road system. Soil and topography: Nearly level to hilly, well drained to somewhat poorly drained, loamy soils on moraines and end moraines. Ownership Patterns, Development, and Land Use in and Around the Compartment: State lands mixed with company lands and private parcels. Lands used mainly for hunting and fishing. Unique Natural Features: Reservoir, River, Lake Ellen, Crotch Lake, Lake Wallace. Archeological, Historical, and Cultural Features: Multiple compartments were determined to have no known archaeological sites within them; we have no concerns for these compartments: 0,,, 0, 70, 7, 93, 2, 6, 38, 2,, 6, 66, and 86. Special Management Designations or Considerations: None. Watershed and Fisheries Considerations: This compartment features the River, Lake Ellen and drainages into River and Crotch Lake. All BMPs should be followed to maintain canopy cover and prevent erosion into waterbodies. Specifically 00 foot buffers on those waterbodies. Wildlife Habitat Considerations: The featured species for this MA include deer, bear, grouse, woodcock, and northern goshawk. This compartment includes both wildlife purchased land and Iron-Floodwood DWC. MNFI has suggested this compartment has the potential for goshawk, red-shouldered hawk. Great blue heron rookery, loons,eagle and osprey all use this compartment. Potential for wood turtle along drainages. Moose use the lowlands, lakes, and riparian habitat corridors. Wolves have been documented to use this area for den and rendezvous sites. Conifer canopy closure, transition zones and riparian corridors are very important as components for the DWC and provide critical wildlife habitat. Aspen age and stand size diversity are important for deer, grouse, woodcock, bear and snowshoe hare in this compartment. Mineral Resource and Development Concerns and/or Restrictions There is a potential gravel pit in Section 27, there is potential for additional sand and gravel within the compartment. The Amasa iron formation apparently intersects part of the compartment, but this area is not considered to have significant iron ore potential. There may be potential for other metallic minerals within the compartment. There has been metallic mineral leasing in this area in the past but little in the way of exploration. The discovery site for the Lake Ellen kimberlite is located in this compartment. Globally, kimberlites can an important source of diamonds. While exploration efforts in Michigan have found diamonds, no deposits of economic significance have been located. There is no economic oil and gas production in the UP. Vehicle Access: Three parcels in north part of compartment are accessible only through private or corporate lands. Rest of compartment has good access. Survey Needs: //207 2:08:3 PM - Page of 2 SWARTZN3

2 None. Recreational Facilities and Opportunities: Fire Protection: Additional Compartment Information: Parcel containing stands and 37 was gifted to State by BLM. Treatments within this parcel currently coded with a site condition until clarification on the State of Michigan's ability to manage parcel. The following reports from the Inventory are attached: Total Acres 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 //207 2:08:3 PM - Page 2 of 2 SWARTZN3

3 Cover Type & Treatments Map "!( 28 ± 2 "!( 73 "!( 69 Compartment: 2 TN, R3W, Sec. 22, 23, 26, 27, 3-36 County: Iron Unit: Crystal Falls Mgmt Area: Ralph Ground Moraine YOE: 209 Acres: 87.2 GIS Calculated Examiner: Scott Sebero Map Revised: //207 Map Phase: Post-Review Miris Corners Ó Remonumented Section Corners XW Survey Grade GPS Corners XW Field Grade GPS Corners Counties # Berms e Airport "y Boating Access Site "9 Campground County Paved Roads Paved Roads County Gravel Roads Gravel Roads County Poor Dirt Roads Poor Dirt Roads Streams Lakes and Rivers All Compartment Boundary Treatments with Site Conditions Clearcut (w/reserves) Thinning (Crown, Low, Systematic) Shelter Wood (w/reserves) - Northern Hardwood 3 - Aspen 9 - Mixed Upland Deciduous 22 - Natural Pines - Upland Mixed Forest 62 - Lowland Coniferous Forest 00 - Water Lowland Shrub Lakes 6 2'0"N Crystal Falls Cut 2609-Cut U Cut 37 MC Cut 20-MWR Crescent Pond Outlet Weber Lake 220-Cut Crystal Falls 20 6 '"N B9 2 V0 MD9 7 V0 3 River Cut 6 '0"N Crotch Lake Cut Reservoir Ellenwood Ln Cut Cut 6 0'"N 6 0'0"N Crystal Falls Monitor Kopfs Rd 0 0. Miles 88 2'"W 88 2'0"W 88 '"W 88 '0"W 88 0'"W Butler Lake 2200-Cut 6 Franks Rd Phelan Rd Channing Rd 88 0'0"W Baptist Camp Rd Davis Rd Little Lake Ellen 88 9'"W Lake Ellen 88 9'0"W 7 B Cut 6 Fende Dr 2208-Cut 9 S Cut Lake Ellen Rd 26 Q Cut 88 8'"W Channing Rd Lake Wallace 2 0 V Cut MD Cut 220-Cut Cut 88 8'0"W 3 2 S2 Crystal Falls A2 88 7'"W 2203-Cut Cut 8 Q Lake Ellen Rd 88 7'0"W Cut 88 6'"W Crystal Falls Cut N-Cut S-Cut 88 6'0"W Cut 88 '"W Sawyer Lake Rd Vandusen Rd 88 '0"W

4 Cover Type & Treatments Map 2 ± "!( 73 "!( 69 Compartment: 2 TN, R3W, Sec. 22, 23, 26, 27, 3-36 County: Iron Unit: Crystal Falls Mgmt Area: Ralph Ground Moraine YOE: 209 Acres: 87.2 GIS Calculated Examiner: Scott Sebero Map Revised: //207 Map Phase: Post-Review Miris Corners Ó Remonumented Section Corners XW Survey Grade GPS Corners XW Field Grade GPS Corners Counties # Berms County Gravel Roads Gravel Roads County Poor Dirt Roads Poor Dirt Roads Streams Lakes and Rivers All Compartment Boundary Treatments with Site Conditions Clearcut (w/reserves) Thinning (Crown, Low, Systematic) - Northern Hardwood 3 - Aspen 9 - Mixed Upland Deciduous 22 - Natural Pines - Upland Mixed Forest 00 - Water Lowland Shrub Lakes 6 2'0"N Cut Cut 3 MC6 3 Crescent Pond Outlet U 220-Cut Cut 37 MC9 River 20-MWR 6 '"N Reservoir B9 2 V0 MD9 7 V U0 2 6 Crystal Falls MD 3 Crotch Lake 9 6 '0"N Ellenwood Ln Cut 0 8 E6 6 0'"N 2200-Cut 0 0. Miles 88 '"W 88 '0"W 88 0'"W '0"W Baptist Camp Rd Davis Rd 88 9'"W Lake Ellen 88 9'0"W 7 B6 Lake Ellen Rd '"W Lake Wallace 0 V0 MD9 9 S6 88 8'0"W 3 S '"W Crystal Falls '0"W 23 9 T '"W

5 Cover Type & Treatments Map 2 ± "!( 73 "!( 69 Compartment: 2 TN, R3W, Sec. 22, 23, 26, 27, 3-36 County: Iron Unit: Crystal Falls Mgmt Area: Ralph Ground Moraine YOE: 209 Acres: 87.2 GIS Calculated Examiner: Scott Sebero Map Revised: //207 Map Phase: Post-Review Miris Corners Ó Remonumented Section Corners XW Survey Grade GPS Corners XW Field Grade GPS Corners Counties e Airport "y Boating Access Site "9 Campground County Paved Roads Paved Roads County Gravel Roads Gravel Roads County Poor Dirt Roads Poor Dirt Roads Streams Lakes and Rivers All \\\\\Pipeline Compartment Boundary Clearcut (w/reserves) Thinning (Crown, Low, Systematic) Shelter Wood (w/reserves) - Northern Hardwood 3 - Aspen 9 - Mixed Upland Deciduous 62 - Lowland Coniferous Forest Lowland Shrub Lakes 6 '0"N Crotch Lake Crystal Falls Cut Reservoir Ellenwood Ln River Cut E Cut 6 0'"N 6 0'0"N 6 9'"N Kopfs Rd 88 0'"W Butler Lake 2200-Cut Franks Rd Phelan Rd Channing Rd 0 0. Miles 88 '0"W '0"W Baptist Camp Rd Davis Rd Little Lake Ellen 88 9'"W Lake Ellen 88 9'0"W 7 B Cut 6 Fende Dr 2208-Cut 9 S Cut Lake Ellen Rd Cut '"W 26 Q9 Channing Rd Lake Wallace 2 MD9 0 V Cut Cut 220-Cut Cut 88 8'0"W 26 2 S2 Crystal Falls Q A2 33 C6 88 7'"W 2203-Cut Cut 8 Q 2 33 Q Lake Ellen Rd 88 7'0"W 60 9 T Crystal Falls '"W Cut N-Cut Cut S-Cut

6 Stand Boundary Map 2 ± "!( 73 "!( 69 Compartment: 2 TN, R3W, Sec. 22, 23, 26, 27, 3-36 County: Iron Unit: Crystal Falls Mgmt Area: Ralph Ground Moraine YOE: 209 Acres: 87.2 GIS Calculated Examiner: Scott Sebero Map Revised: //207 Map Phase: Post-Review Miris Corners Ó Remonumented Section Corners XW Survey Grade GPS Corners XW Field Grade GPS Corners Counties # Berms County Gravel Roads Gravel Roads County Poor Dirt Roads Poor Dirt Roads Streams Lakes and Rivers All Compartment Boundary Stand Boundaries - Northern Hardwood 3 - Aspen 9 - Mixed Upland Deciduous 22 - Natural Pines - Upland Mixed Forest 00 - Water Lowland Shrub 6 2'0"N MC6 3 Crescent Pond Outlet MC9 3 - U River 6 '"N Reservoir B V0 9 - MD V0 38 U MD 3 Crotch Lake '0"N Ellenwood Ln E6 6 0'"N Miles 88 '"W 88 '0"W 88 0'"W '0"W Baptist Camp Rd Davis Rd 88 9'"W Lake Ellen 88 9'0"W B '"W V0 Lake Wallace 9 - MD S6 88 8'0"W S '"W '0"W 23 9 T '"W

7 Stand Boundary Map 2 ± "!( 73 "!( 69 Compartment: 2 TN, R3W, Sec. 22, 23, 26, 27, 3-36 County: Iron Unit: Crystal Falls Mgmt Area: Ralph Ground Moraine YOE: 209 Acres: 87.2 GIS Calculated Examiner: Scott Sebero Map Revised: //207 Map Phase: Post-Review Miris Corners Ó Remonumented Section Corners XW Survey Grade GPS Corners XW Field Grade GPS Corners Counties e Airport "y Boating Access Site "9 Campground County Paved Roads Paved Roads County Gravel Roads Gravel Roads County Poor Dirt Roads Poor Dirt Roads Streams Lakes and Rivers All \\\\\Pipeline Compartment Boundary Stand Boundaries - Northern Hardwood 3 - Aspen 9 - Mixed Upland Deciduous 62 - Lowland Coniferous Forest Lowland Shrub 6 '0"N Crotch Lake Reservoir Ellenwood Ln River E '"N 0 - Baptist Camp Rd 2 9 T '0"N 6 - Franks Rd Phelan Rd Davis Rd Little Lake Ellen Lake Ellen B Fende Dr Lake Ellen Rd Lake Wallace V0 9 - MD S Q Q '"N Kopfs Rd Channing Rd 0 0. Miles 88 '0"W 88 0'"W Butler Lake 88 0'0"W 88 9'"W 88 9'0"W S '"W Channing Rd 88 8'0"W 26 Q2 9 - A2 33 C6 88 7'"W Q Lake Ellen Rd 88 7'0"W 88 6'"W

8 Special Conservation Areas & Site Conditions Map 2 ± 6 2'0"N "!( 73 "!( 69 Compartment: 2 TN, R3W, Sec. 22, 23, 26, 27, 3-36 County: Iron Unit: Crystal Falls Mgmt Area: Ralph Ground Moraine YOE: 209 Acres: 87.2 GIS Calculated Examiner: Scott Sebero Map Revised: //207 Map Phase: Post-Review J - 3 3J 3J J 3J - 3-3J 3J 3J 3J J Miris Corners Ó Remonumented Section Corners XW Survey Grade GPS Corners XW Field Grade GPS Corners Counties # Berms County Gravel Roads Gravel Roads County Poor Dirt Roads Poor Dirt Roads Streams Lakes and Rivers All Compartment Boundary \ Unavailable \ 27 3 MC6 F - 7 B: Non-DNR agency concerns (e.g. USFS) 3J: Water quality / BMPs (stream, river, or lake) Stand Boundaries Cold Water Streams Cold Water Lakes Deer Winter Range C - C - 3 Crescent Pond Outlet B U MC9 B - C '"N Reservoir J B V0 3J - 3J MD V0 38 U MD 3 Crotch Lake '0"N F - Ellenwood Ln River B - 9 T E6 6 0'"N Miles 88 '"W 88 '0"W 88 0'"W '0"W Baptist Camp Rd 88 9'"W Davis Rd Lake Ellen 88 9'0"W 3J B '"W V0 Lake Wallace 3J MD S6 88 8'0"W3 3H C S '"W '0"W 23 C - 2G '"W

9 Special Conservation Areas & Site Conditions Map 2 ± "!( 73 "!( 69 Compartment: 2 TN, R3W, Sec. 22, 23, 26, 27, 3-36 County: Iron Unit: Crystal Falls Mgmt Area: Ralph Ground Moraine YOE: 209 Acres: 87.2 GIS Calculated Examiner: Scott Sebero Map Revised: //207 Map Phase: Post-Review Miris Corners Ó Remonumented Section Corners XW Survey Grade GPS Corners XW Field Grade GPS Corners Counties e Airport "y Boating Access Site "9 Campground County Paved Roads Paved Roads County Gravel Roads Gravel Roads County Poor Dirt Roads Poor Dirt Roads Streams Lakes and Rivers All \\\\\Pipeline Compartment Boundary \ \ Available w/ Constraints \ Unavailable C: Delay treatment for age/size class diversity or exceptional site quality 2G: Too wet (sensitive soils, does not include access issues) 3J: Water quality / BMPs (stream, river, or lake) Stand Boundaries Cold Water Streams Cold Water Lakes Deer Winter Range 6 '0"N Crotch Lake - 9 F Reservoir Ellenwood Ln River B - 9 T E6 2G '"N 0 - Baptist Camp Rd 2 C '0"N 6 9'"N Kopfs Rd 88 0'"W Butler Lake 6 - Franks Rd Phelan Rd Channing Rd 0 0. Miles 88 '0"W 88 0'0"W Davis Rd Little Lake Ellen 88 9'"W Lake Ellen 88 9'0"W B6 3J - 6 3H - 8 Channing Rd Fende Dr S6 Lake Ellen Rd 3H '"W Q9 3H - 9 Lake Wallace 3J V0 9 - MD9 3H H C '0"W S2 2 - Q A2 33 C6 A '"W Q 2G G Q Lake Ellen Rd 88 7'0"W '"W 3 37 E G - 8 E - 7 E - 7 E - 7 E - 7 E E - 7 E - 7

10 Crystal Falls Mgt. Unit Report Total Acres by Cover Type and Age Class Compartment 2 Year of Entry 209 Scott Sebero : Examiner Age Class Non-Forest Uneven-Aged Total Aspen Bog Lowland Conifers Lowland Shrub Lowland Mixed Upland Deciduous Natural Mixed Pines Northern Hardwood Paper Birch Upland Mixed Forest Water Total //207 2:06:38 PM - Page of SWARTZN3

11 Report 2 Treatment Summary Crystal Falls Mgt. Unit Year of Entry: 209 Acres of Harvest Compartment Total Compartment Acres: 2 87 Commercial Harvest - 0 Harvests with Site Condition - 82 Harvest - 0 Habitat Cut - 0 Cover Type by Harvest Method Clearcut Selection Patch Clearcut Seed Tree Shelterwood Thinning Overstory Removal Salvage Total Acres Aspen Mixed Upland Deciduous Natural Mixed Pines Northern Hardwood Upland Mixed Forest Total Proposed and Treatments by Method Harvest Site Prep Planting Seeding Burning Pesticide Monitoring Non-Forest Mgt. Total Acres Current Total //207 2:08:0 PM - Page of SWARTZN3

12 Crystal Falls Mgt. Unit Report 3 -- Treatments Compartment: 2 S t a n d Treatment Name Acres Stand CoverType Size Density Stand Age BA Range Treatment Type Treatment Method Year of Entry: 209 Cover Type Objective Age Structure Approval Status 2200-Cut Sugar Maple 90 - Harvest Crown Thinning - Northern Even-Aged Approved Association 0 Hardwood Proposal Habitat Cut: No Site Condition: Prescription Specs: Mark hardwoods to 80 BA using Compleat marker as guide. Cut all aspen, spruce and balsam with one or more pulpwood stick. No red or white pine will be cut. Treatments: Acceptable Regen: Comment: Proposed Start Date: 0/0/ Cut Mixed Upland Deciduous Harvest Clearcut with Retention 3 - Aspen, Even-Aged Approved Proposal with Conifer Habitat Cut: No Site Condition: Prescription Cut all aspen and mixed hardwood, except oak, 2" or greater DBH. Cut all tamarack, spruce and balsam with one or more pulpwood stick. No Specs: cedar, hemlock, red or white pine or oak will be cut. Treatments: Acceptable Regen: Comment: Monitoring, Natural Regen (Re-Inventory) Mix of aspen, mixed hardwood, spruce and balsam. 00 foot BMP buffer along bog lake. Proposed Start Date: 0/0/ Cut Pine, Aspen 90 - Harvest Mix 0 Habitat Cut: No Site Condition: Non-DNR agency concerns Prescription Specs: Treatments: Acceptable Regen: Comment: Mix of aspen, pine, spruce and balsam. 00 foot BMP buffer. Clearcut with Retention 33 - Aspen, Mixed Pine Approved Proposal Cut all aspen and mixed hardwood, except oak, that are 2" or greater DBH. Cut all spruce, balsam and jack pine with one or more pulpwood sticks. No red or white pine, cedar, hemlock or oak will be cut. Monitoring, Natural Regen (Re-Inventory) Proposed Start Date: 0/0/208 Even-Aged Cut Sugar Maple 90 - Harvest Crown Thinning - Northern Even-Aged Approved Association 70 Hardwood Proposal Habitat Cut: No Site Condition: Prescription Specs: Mark hardwoods to 80 BA using Compleat marker as guide. Cut all aspen, spruce and balsam with one or more pulpwood stick. No red or white pine will be cut. Treatments: Acceptable Regen: Comment: Proposed Start Date: 0/0/208 //207 2:07:3 PM - Page of 3 SWARTZN3

13 Crystal Falls Mgt. Unit Report 3 -- Treatments Compartment: 2 S t a n d Treatment Name Acres Stand CoverType Size Density Stand Age BA Range Treatment Type Treatment Method Year of Entry: 209 Cover Type Objective Age Structure Approval Status Cut Aspen, Harvest Clearcut with Retention 3 - Aspen, Even-Aged Approved Proposal Habitat Cut: No Site Condition: Prescription Cut all aspen and mixed hardwood, except oak, 2" or greater DBH. Cut all tamarack, spruce and balsam with one or more pulpwood stick. No Specs: cedar, hemlock, red or white pine or oak will be cut. Treatments: Acceptable Regen: Comment: Monitoring, Natural Regen (Re-Inventory) Mix of aspen, hardwood and softwood. Hunter Walking Trail-delineated and add treatment and rework access due to land trade eliminating access to the trailhead, Proposed Start Date: 0/0/ Cut Aspen, Poletimber Harvest Clearcut with Retention 3 - Aspen, Even-Aged Approved Proposal Habitat Cut: No Site Condition: Prescription Cut all aspen and mixed hardwood, except oak, 2" or greater DBH. Cut all spruce and balsam with one or more pulpwood stick. No cedar, Specs: hemlock, red or white pine or oak will be cut. Treatments: Acceptable Regen: Comment: Monitoring, Natural Regen (Re-Inventory) Mix of aspen, spruce and balsam. Proposed Start Date: 0/0/ Cut Sugar Maple Poletimber 90 - Harvest Crown Thinning - Northern Even-Aged Approved Association 0 Hardwood Proposal Habitat Cut: No Site Condition: Prescription Specs: Mark hardwoods to 80 BA using Compleat marker as guide. Cut all aspen, spruce and balsam with one or more pulpwood stick. No red or white pine will be cut. Treatments: Acceptable Regen: Comment: Proposed Start Date: 0/0/ Cut Maple, Beech, Cherry Harvest Shelterwood - Northern Hardwood Two-Aged Approved Proposal Association Habitat Cut: No Site Condition: Prescription Mark maple to 0 BA, favoring sugar maple. Cut all spruce, balsam, tamarack and aspen 2" or greater DBH. No cedar, hemlock, red or white Specs: pine or oak will be cut. Treatments: Acceptable Regen: Comment: SitePrep, Scarification Mix of maple, aspen and softwood. Scarify after harvest. WLD: a series of vernal pools and wetland are interspersed through this stand and will need to be buffered and worked around. A Legacy tree and some wildlife trees are marked for retention. Proposed Start Date: 0/0/208 //207 2:07: PM - Page 2 of 3 SWARTZN3

14 Crystal Falls Mgt. Unit Report 3 -- Treatments Compartment: 2 S t a n d Treatment Name Acres Stand CoverType Size Density Stand Age BA Range Treatment Type Treatment Method Year of Entry: 209 Cover Type Objective Age Structure Approval Status Cut Aspen, Poletimber 3-80 Harvest Clearcut with Retention 3 - Aspen, Even-Aged Approved Proposal Habitat Cut: No Site Condition: Prescription Cut all aspen and mixed hardwood, except oak, 2" or greater DBH. Cut all tamarack, spruce and balsam with one or more pulpwood stick. No Specs: cedar, hemlock, red or white pine or oak will be cut. Treatments: Acceptable Regen: Comment: Monitoring, Natural Regen (Re-Inventory) Mix of aspen, hardwood and softwood. Proposed Start Date: 0/0/ Cut Aspen, Harvest Clearcut with Retention 3 - Aspen, Even-Aged Approved Proposal Habitat Cut: No Site Condition: Prescription Cut all aspen and mixed hardwood, except oak, 2" or greater DBH. Cut all tamarack, spruce and balsam with one or more pulpwood stick. No Specs: cedar, hemlock, red or white pine or oak will be cut. Treatments: Acceptable Regen: Comment: Monitoring, Natural Regen (Re-Inventory) Mix of aspen, mixed hardwood, spruce and balsam. Proposed Start Date: 0/0/ Cut Natural Mixed Pine 90-0 Harvest Habitat Cut: No Site Condition: Non-DNR agency concerns Prescription Specs: Treatments: Acceptable Regen: Comment: Mix of jack pine, red pine and aspen. 00 foot BMP buffer. Scarify after harvest to regenerate jack pine and red pine. Clearcut with Retention Natural Jack Pine Approved Proposal Cut all aspen and mixed hardwood, except oak, that are 2" or greater DBH. Cut all spruce, balsam and jack pine with one or more pulpwood sticks. Cut all red pine, except 3 to trees per acre, which will be marked with green paint. No white pine, cedar, hemlock or oak will be cut. SitePrep, Scarification Proposed Start Date: 0/0/208 Even-Aged Total Treatment Acreage Proposed: 382. //207 2:07: PM - Page 3 of 3 SWARTZN3

15 Crystal Falls Mgt. Unit Scott Sebero : Examiner Availability for Management Total Acres Acres Available Acres Avail With Condition Acres Not Available % % 22% Report Site Conditions Dominant Site Conditions C B 2G 3H 3J Aspen Bog Lowland Conifers 2 7 Lowland Shrub Lowland Mixed Upland Deciduous 2 Natural Mixed Pines 6 7 Northern Hardwood Paper Birch 29 Upland Mixed Forest 2 2 Water Total Forested Acres Relative Percent Compartment: 2 Year of Entry: 209 *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 Acres Site Condition Site Condition Site Condition Site Condition Unavailable 3J: Water quality / BMPs (stream, river, or lake) 8 Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Buffer wider than needed for BMP's, but not enough left to cut now. May look at cutting some of stand when adjacent stand is ready. 2 Unavailable 3J: Water quality / BMPs (stream, river, or lake) Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified 3 Unavailable 3J: Water quality / BMPs (stream, river, or lake) 0 Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified //207 2:08:26 PM - Page of 3 SWARTZN3

16 Crystal Falls Mgt. Unit Scott Sebero : Examiner Report Site Conditions Compartment: 2 Year of Entry: 209 Unavailable 3J: Water quality / BMPs (stream, river, or lake) 0 Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Buffer wider than needed for BMP's, but not enough left to cut now. May look at cutting some of stand when adjacent stand is ready. Unavailable B: Non-DNR agency concerns (e.g. USFS) 6 Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified BLM gifted land. 6 Unavailable 3J: Water quality / BMPs (stream, river, or lake) Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Stand is wider than needed for BMP's, but aspen was cut out of stand in 998, outside 00 foot buffer and residual trees from the harvested area were added to this stand. 7 Available C: Delay treatment for age/size class diversity or exceptional site quality Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Stand in good shape. Only a minor component of spruce and balsam in stand. 8 Unavailable 3H: Deer Wintering Area - habitat is incompatible with harvest at this time Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Winter deer range. 9 Unavailable 3H: Deer Wintering Area - habitat is incompatible with harvest at this time 7 Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Winter deer range. //207 2:08:26 PM - Page 2 of 3 SWARTZN3

17 Crystal Falls Mgt. Unit Scott Sebero : Examiner Report Site Conditions Compartment: 2 Year of Entry: Unavailable 2G: Too wet (sensitive soils, does not include access issues) 2 Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Unavailable B: Non-DNR agency concerns (e.g. USFS) 2 Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified BLM gifted land. //207 2:08:26 PM - Page 3 of 3 SWARTZN3

18 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 Acres Comments //207 2:06:8 PM - Page of SWARTZN3

19 Crystal Falls Mgt. Unit Compartment: 2 Year of Entry 209 Report 6 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 SCA Cold Water Lake Cold Water Stream Habitat Area A coldwater lake has temperature and dissolved oxygen conditions that allow naturally-reproduced or stocked trout populations and those of other coldwater fish species to persist from year to year. Suitable conditions for coldwater fishes may occur in Michigan lakes if they are relatively deep, have substantial groundwater inflows, or are located in colder (northern) areas of the state. Such lakes are established by Director's action and designated as trout resources by Fisheries Order 200. 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 20. An area that provide some specific need for the life cycle of wildlife species, including State Wildlife Areas and Waterfowl Production Areas, deer wintering complexes in lowland conifer communities, grassland openings and savannas. Habitat areas are distinct from critical habitat designated for recovery of endangered or threatened species (such as Kirtland's warbler or piping plover areas) in that they are more general in nature, are not primarily associated with threatened or endangered species, and are not covered by species recovery plans that are developed in cooperation with Federal agencies. //207 2:06:3 PM - Page of

20 S t a n d Level Cover Type Crystal Falls Mgt. Unit Report 7 Forested Stands Compartment: 2 Year of Entry: 209 Size Density Acres Stand Age BA Range General - Aspen Poletimber Aspen Poletimber Aspen Poletimber Sugar Maple Association Aspen Sapling Lowland Coniferous, Mixed Deciduous Poletimber Medium Aspen Sapling Medium Immature 9 - Mixed Upland Deciduous with Conifer Buffer for a bog lake. Birch in poor condition. May consider cutting some of this buffer with adjacent stand when it is ready. 2 - Aspen Sapling 27. Immature 3 - Aspen Several small ponds at NE side of stand. 9 - Mixed Upland Deciduous with Conifer Several small ponds near spruce stand on north side of stand. Save small pockets of hardwood on far north side and far south side. 3 - Pine, Aspen Mix Sugar Maple Association Birch, Aspen Poletimber This stand was cut in 996 and underplanted with Pine and Norway Spruce. This was Lake Ellen State Campground, but is now closed Aspen, Black Spruce Poletimber Aspen, Poletimber //207 2:07:02 PM - Page of 2 SWARTZN3

21 S t a n d Level Cover Type Crystal Falls Mgt. Unit Report 7 Forested Stands Compartment: 2 Year of Entry: 209 Size Density Acres Stand Age BA Range General 2 - Aspen Sapling Sugar Maple Association Poletimber Maple, Beech, Cherry Association Aspen Poletimber Mixed Coniferous Lowland Forest Birch, Aspen Buffer for a bog lake. Birch in poor condition. May harvest part of stand with adjacent stand when it is ready Aspen, Poletimber Pockets of younger two stick aspen mixed in with older aspen, spruce and balsam. Strip along road is two to three stick spruce and balsam left from previous cut. Budworm damage present in spruce and balsam Black Spruce Sapling Medium Aspen, Aspen Sapling Natural Mixed Pine //207 2:07:02 PM - Page 2 of 2 SWARTZN3

22 Crystal Falls Mgt. Unit Report 8 Nonforested Stands Compartment: 2 Year of Entry: 209 Stand Cover Type Acres Managed Site General Bog 3. No OPIC - FMD: OI Stand Year Origin was Bog 0.0 No OPIC - FMD: OI Stand Year Origin was Bog 7.3 No Lake Wallace Lowland Shrub 0.8 No OPIC - FMD: I am proposing to cut this but it has to be Oked with the BLM before it can have any treatment. Also, it may have to be cut early if the Jack Pine budwom gets to it before we do. No white or red pine would be cut Lowland Shrub 8. No OPIC - FMD: -2-" Aspen 20 feet tall Water 2.7 No OPIC - FMD: OI Stand Year Origin was //207 2:07: PM - Page of SWARTZN3