Crystal Falls Forest Management Unit Compartment Review Presentation Compartment #193 Entry Year: 2012 Compartment Acreage: 1258 County: Iron

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1 Forest Management Unit Compartment Review Presentation Compartment #193 Entry Year: 2012 Compartment Acreage: 1258 County: Iron Revision Date: June 15, 2010 Stand Examiner: Linda Lindberg Legal Description: T44N, R31W Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 Identified Planning Goals ( Management Area or RMU,if applicable): Text Management Goals: : The management goals in this compartment include sustaining and renewing wetlands especially along creeks and the Fence River, working toward greater age class diversity in the aspen stands and moving the hardwood stands toward regulation. Maintain a good relationship with adjacent landowners to continue harvesting opportunities for the future. There must also be a focus on renewing the streams to a conifer buffer to avoid beaver infestation which is present. Soil and Topography: Mildly rolling terrain but very spread out. There is everything from Wabeno silt loams and Pence fine sandy loams along the Fence River to Lupton Cathro soil in the lower areas. Ownership Patterns, Development, and Land Use in and Around the Compartment: The State has broken ownership in this area but they are valuable, diverse parcels. Most of the surrounding land is owned by industry with a few camp owners also present. Unique, Natural Features: McMillan and Margeson creeks are in this compartment and the Fence River makes the east boundary of the compartment. Archeological, Historical, and Cultural Features: None known. Special Management Designations or Considerations: None

2 Watershed and Fisheries Considerations: Returning McMillan and Margeson creeks to their original makeup by removing beaver dams and other setbacks. Wildlife Habitat Considerations: Compartment 193 is in the Deerfoot Lodge deeryard, north of the Michigamme Reservoir. This area has been altered significantly in the last 30 years. Mead Paper converted large tracts of aspen/northern hardwoods to red pine or larch. International Paper, State of Michigan and private landowners have also harvested significant amounts of timber. A high priority for wildlife is the maintenance and restoration of travel corridors. Aspen old enough or large enough to benefit cavity nesters and raptors have been greatly reduced. Any existing aspen should be held if possible. If harvest takes place, care should be taken to protect the drainages, travel corridors and transition zones. Mineral Resource and Development Concerns and/or Restrictions: Surface sediments consist of glacial outwash sand and gravel and postglacial alluvium. There is insufficient data to determine the glacial drift thickness. The Precambrian Hemlock Formation, Randville Dolomite and Archean granite/gneiss subcrop below the glacial drift. The Randville is quarried for marble/stone nine miles to the south. The Michigan discovery of kimberlite was near Lake Ellen, approximately four miles to the south. The Porter and Warner abandoned iron mines are located eleven miles to the west. This compartment was previously leased for metallic exploration. The nearest gravel pit is located five miles to the southwest. There is no economic oil and gas production in the UP. Vehicle Access: There is a fairly good road system with maintenance to access the State land but not much in the way of roads on the state land. Survey Needs: Some corners will be needed to continue harvest operations in this fiscal year. Recreational Facilities and Opportunities: Barring access problems, there is a great potential for hunting, fishing, hiking and several other recreational opportunities. Fire Protection: Protection Area Additional Compartment Information: None

3 The following reports from the Inventory are attached: Total Acres by Cover Type and Age Class Proposed Treatment Summary Proposed Treatments No Limiting Factors Proposed Treatments With Limiting Factors Stand Details (Forested and Nonforested) Dedicated and Proposed Special Conservation Areas The following information is displayed, where pertinent, on the attached compartment maps: Base feature information, stand boundaries, cover types, and numbers Proposed treatments Details on the road access system

4 "W "W "W "W Lake Thirty Two "W "W "N "N Deerfoot Lodge Rd T Q Q4 8 Cover Type & Treatment Map S5 17 McMillan Rd A S M6 36 McMillan C reek S M Q Q M M6 Carmeen Rd 6 7 Compartment 193 T44N, R31W, East Branch Sec. Fence 04 River - 11 County: Iron Unit: YOE: 2012 Acres: 1,258 GIS Calculated Stand Examiner: Linda Lindberg Map Revised: 7/28/2010 Map Phase: Pre-Review Fence River "N Spot Lake Rd Rahoi Rd "N Q E M A F A Z0 69 Three Mile Creek New Buck Lake "N Legend Miris Corners Paved Roads Intermittent Stream/Drain Stream Lakes and Rivers Thinning (Crown, Low, Systematic) Forest Stands Level Northern Hardwood Aspen Types Mixed Upland Deciduous Other Upland Conifers Lowland Deciduous Forest Lowland Coniferous Forest Non-Forest Stands Level Water Lowland Shrub Mixed non-forested wetland Noyes Rd MD Miles Fence River 65 Shiner Lake 68 Michigamme Reservoir "N Moccasin Lake "W "W "W "W Michigamme Reservoir "W Michigamme Reservoir "W "W

5 "W "W "W "W "W "W "N Deerfoot Lodge Rd McMillan Rd Stand Boundary Map Lake Thirty Two Deerfoot Lodge Rd Compartment 193 T44N, R31W, Sec County: Iron Unit: YOE: 2012 Acres: 1,258 GIS Calculated Stand Examiner: Linda Lindberg Map Revised: 7/28/2010 Map Phase: Pre-Review East Branch Fence River T Q A S M Fence River Spot Lake Rd "N "N Q S S M6 36 McMillan C reek M Q Q M6 Carmeen Rd Rahoi Rd Spot Lake "N New Buck Lake "N Noyes Rd Legend Miris Corners Paved Roads Intermittent Stream/Drain Stream Stand Boundaries Forest Stands Level Northern Hardwood Aspen Types Mixed Upland Deciduous Other Upland Conifers Lowland Deciduous Forest Lowland Coniferous Forest Non-Forest Stands Q MD E6 35 Level Water Lowland Shrub Mixed non-forested wetland Miles M Fence River A F A Shiner Lake Z Three Mile C reek Michigamme Reservoir "N "W "W "W "W "W "W

6 "W "W "W "W "W "W "N Dedicated & Proposed Special Conservation Area Map Compartment 193 T44N, R31W, Sec County: Iron Unit: YOE: 2012 Acres: 1,258 GIS Calculated Stand Examiner: Linda Lindberg Map Revised: 7/28/2010 Map Phase: Pre-Review T Q A S M "N S M Q Q M "N Q S M "N "N Legend Miris Corners Stand Boundaries Proposed Special Conservation Areas SCA - Special Conservation Area SCA Removal Deer Wintering Areas Deer Wintering Areas Cold Water Streams Forest Stands Level Northern Hardwood Aspen Types Mixed Upland Deciduous Other Upland Conifers Lowland Deciduous Forest Lowland Coniferous Forest Non-Forest Stands Level Water Lowland Shrub Mixed non-forested wetland Q MD E M A F A Miles Z "N "W "W "W "W "W "W

7 Table 1 Total Acres by Cover Type and Age Class Mgt. Unit Compartment 193 Year of Entry 2012 Age Class Non-Forested Aspen Cedar Lowland Conifers Lowland Deciduous Lowland Shrub Lowland Mixed Upland Deciduous Northern Hardwood Tamarack Upland Water Uneven Age Total Total /28/ :08:49 PM - Page 1 of 1 SCHMIDTJ1

8 Table 2 Proposed Treatment Summaries Mgt. Unit Compartment 193 Year of Entry 2012 Total Compartment Acres: 1258 Acres by Treatment Type Commercial Harvest - 31 Site Prep - 0 Tree Planting - 0 Habitat Cut - 0 Opening Maintenance - 0 Tree Seeding - 0 Prescribed Burn - 0 Pesticide - 0 Other - 0 Cover Type by Harvest Method Clearcut Selection Seed Tree Shelterwood Thinning Other - Specify Total Acres Mixed Upland Deciduous Northern Hardwood Total /28/ :09:04 PM - Page 1 of 1 SCHMIDTJ1

9 S t a n d Treatment Name Acres Mgt. Unit Stage1 CoverType Table 3 -- Treatments Prescribed with No Limiting Factor Size Density Stand Age Treatment Type Treatment Method Compartment: 193 Year of Entry 2012 Cover Type Objective Approval Status Cut Mixed 75 Upland Deciduous with Conifer Harvest Crown Thinning Mixed Upland Deciduous with Conifer Cmpt. Review Proposal Prescription Specs: Other Next Steps: Thin stand from Basal Area leaving diversity and best tree in place. Thin around crop trees according to specs and consider wildlife trees where appropriate Cut Maple, 75 Beech, Cherry Association Prescription Specs: Other Next Steps: Harvest Crown Thinning Maple, Beech, Cmpt. Review Proposal Thin stand from Basal Area leaving diversity and best tree in place. Thin around crop trees according to specs and consider wildlife trees where appropriate Cut Maple, 75 Beech, Cherry Association Prescription Specs: Other Next Steps: Harvest Crown Thinning Maple, Beech, Cmpt. Review Proposal Thin stand from Basal area leaving diversity and best tree in place. Thin around crop trees according to specs, and consider wildlife trees where appropriate Cut Sugar Maple 70 Association Harvest Crown Thinning Sugar Maple Association Cmpt. Review Proposal Prescription Specs: Other Next Steps: Thin stand from Basal area leaving diversity and best tree in place. Thin around crop trees according to specs. Consider wildlife trees where appropriate Cut Y.Birch, 70 Hemlock NH Harvest Crown Thinning Y.Birch, Hemlock NH Cmpt. Review Proposal Prescription Specs: Other Next Steps: Thin stands from Basal Area leaving diversity and best tree in place. Thin around crop trees according to specs. Consider wildlife trees where appropriate. Total Treatment Acreage Proposed: /28/ :08:54 PM - Page 1 of 1 SCHMIDTJ1

10 S t a n d Treatment Name Acres Mgt. Unit Stage1 CoverType Table 4 -- Treatments Prescribed with a Limiting Factor Size Density Stand Age Treatment Type Treatment Method Compartment: 193 Year of Entry 2012 Cover Type Objective Approval Status #Error Prescription Specs: Other Comment: Next Steps: Limiting Factor and No Treatment Reason Total Treatment Acreage Proposed: 0 07/28/ :08:56 PM - Page 1 of 1 SCHMIDTJ1

11 S t a n d Level 4 Cover Type Mgt. Unit 5 Forested Stands Compartment: 193 Inventory Method: IFMAP Year of Entry: 2012 Size Density Acres Stand Age BA Range General Aspen, Lowland Spruce- Fir Aspen, Tamarack Aspen, Lowland Spruce- Fir Low Density Aspen, Lowland Cedar Aspen Aspen, Lowland Spruce- Fir Lowland Spruce- Fir Low Density this does go to less volume as you go farther into the stand Lowland Cedar Lowland Cedar Aspen Aspen Black Spruce Aspen THe spots where the aspen was cut regenerated well. The spots that were clearcut into the swamp have little to no regeneration. 07/28/ :08:51 PM - Page 1 of 4 SCHMIDTJ1

12 S t a n d Level 4 Cover Type Mgt. Unit 5 Forested Stands Compartment: 193 Inventory Method: IFMAP Year of Entry: 2012 Size Density Acres Stand Age BA Range General Aspen Lowland Spruce- Fir Black Spruce Medium Density Lowland Coniferous, Mixed Deciduous Black Spruce Low Density Aspen, Mixed Upland Deciduous with Conifer Sugar Maple Association Aspen inclusion cut at the same time as stand Aspen Lowland Ash Black Spruce Medium Density Maple, Beech, Maple, Beech, Maple, Beech, Aspen, Mixed Northern Hardwoods One little sprig of Canada Yew in this stand Maple, Beech, Maple, Beech, This stand can probably be cut with stand 29 in 10 years 07/28/ :08:51 PM - Page 2 of 4 SCHMIDTJ1

13 S t a n d Level 4 Cover Type Mgt. Unit 5 Forested Stands Compartment: 193 Inventory Method: IFMAP Year of Entry: 2012 Size Density Acres Stand Age BA Range General Lowland Coniferous, Mixed Deciduous Maple, Beech, Aspen Aspen Mixed Coniferous Lowland Forest Log Black Spruce Maple, Beech, Log Sugar Maple Association There are rocks and this is small but can be cut with stand 31 to the south Black Spruce Black Spruce Black Spruce Y.Birch, Hemlock NH Variable cut can be cut and it is rocky to the north Black Spruce Aspen Aspen, Upland Lowland Spruce- Fir Aspen, /28/ :08:51 PM - Page 3 of 4 SCHMIDTJ1

14 S t a n d Level 4 Cover Type Mgt. Unit 5 Forested Stands Compartment: 193 Inventory Method: IFMAP Year of Entry: 2012 Size Density Acres Stand Age BA Range General Aspen, Mixed Deciduous Aspen, Everything was cut here...upland, lowland and down to the river Black Spruce Aspen, Lots of conifers mixed in Lowland Spruce- Fir /28/ :08:51 PM - Page 4 of 4 SCHMIDTJ1

15 Mgt. Unit 6 Nonforested Stands Compartment: 193 Inventory Method: IFMAP Year of Entry: 2012 Stand Cover Type Acres Gen Cmts: Alder/willow Mixed non-forested wetland 16.6 Lowland and creek Mixed non-forested wetland 1.6 This is the bog from the creek to the west of this 40 acres Mixed non-forested wetland 4.2 THere is a little water left but most has dried up Mixed lowland shrub Mixed lowland shrub Mixed non-forested wetland 53.4 McMillan Creek and floodplain Mixed non-forested wetland 18.9 there is a creek and a culvert and road across this creek and wetland Mixed non-forested wetland 4.3 Most water has dried up Mixed lowland shrub 7.3 Buffer along Fence River Water 5.4 The Fence River 07/28/ :08:52 PM - Page 1 of 1 SCHMIDTJ1

16 Mgt. Unit Compartment: 193 Year of Entry: 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. Inventory Method: IFMAP Stand SCA Type SCA Name Acres Comments 07/28/ :08:50 PM - Page 1 of 1 SCHMIDTJ1

17 Mgt. Unit Compartment: DEDICATED CONSERVATION AREA DETAILS Year of Entry 2012 * This is a list of Dedicated Biodiversity Areas for this compartment along with a 1/4 mile buffer surrounding the compartment. Refer to Dedicated Conservation Area Map for areas that the below listed Conservation Areas are located. Conservation Area Type Description ERA = Ecological Reference Area HCVA = High Conservation Value Area SCA = Special Conservation Area SCA SCA Cold Water Stream Habitat 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 210. 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. 07/28/ :08:49 PM - Page 1 of 1 SCHMIDTJ1