SHINGLETON FOREST MANAGEMENT UNIT COMPARTMENT REVIEW PRESENTATION COMPARTMENT # 020 ENTRY YEAR: 2010

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1 SHINGLETON FOREST MANAGEMENT UNIT COMPARTMENT REVIEW PRESENTATION COMPARTMENT # 020 ENTRY YEAR: 2010 Compartment Acreage: 1,750 County: Schoolcraft Revision Date: 9/5/2008 Stand Examiner: Jennifer Burnham Legal Description: T45N R16W Sections 31,, RMU (if applicable): Management Goals: The main goal in this compartment is to conduct multiple resource management for current and future generations. Soil and Topography: The topography in this compartment is mainly flat or low marsh areas with slight elevation changes where the birch and hardwoods occur. Soil types found in the compartment are Markey Muck Peat and Carbondale-Lupton-Tawas Mucks in the low areas where the higher ground is classified as Seney-Deford Complex and Rubicon sands. The LTA s for this compartment are Shingleton Fen on the west side and the Channel Fens south to the east; they almost split in the middle of the compartment. Ownership Patterns, Development, and Land Use in and Around the Compartment: Ownership around the compartment is mainly State lands and to the west it is Federal lands. There are three private 40 s with the compartment. Unique, Natural Features (include only non-site specific and non-sensitive information): Michigan Natural Features Inventory (MNFI) has some listings of species that have the potential to be within the compartment. Archeological, Historical, and Cultural Features (include only non-site specific and non-sensitive information): None known. Special Management Designations or Considerations: The compartment contains stretches of the Stutts, Hickey creek and West Branch Hickey creek. All of section and most of are being considered as potential old growth. Watershed and Fisheries Considerations: This compartment contains reaches of Hickey Creek. Standard BMP s should be implemented to control sediment sources from adjacent uplands. Fine sediments such as silt and sand negatively affect natural reproduction of fish, decrease the diversity of aquatic invertebrate and fish taxa, and result in lower overall fish populations. Wildlife Habitat Considerations: This compartment lies in the Seney Sand Lake Plain ecological subsubsection approximately eight miles southeast of Shingleton. Hickey Creek flows through the eastern half of the compartment. The majority of this compartment is wetland swamp, consistent with presettlement land cover. Wildlife objectives include maintaining the current integrity of the habitat in the compartment by allowing natural processes to take place.

2 Mineral Resource and Development Concerns and/or Restrictions: Surface sediments consist of lacustrine (lake) sand & gravel and peat & muck. There is insufficient data to determine the glacial drift thickness. The Ordovician Trenton Group subcrops below the glacial drift. The Trenton is quarried for dolostone in the UP. Gravel pits at not found in the general area and potential appears to be limited. There is no commercial oil and gas production in the UP. Vehicle Access: Is very poor. Access to the south is through Federal and private lands. Once on private land the road is gated. The State does not hold an easement on this road. However, the property owner allows us access for inventory and in the past timber harvesting. Survey Needs: None. Recreational Facilities and Opportunities: None Fire Protection: Fire response to the area will be extended due the access issues. The timbered islands surrounded by marsh are somewhat contusive to good fire behavior. Additional Compartment Information: The following 5 reports from the Operations Inventory System (OIPC) are attached: Cover Type by Age Class Cover Type by Management Objective Compartment Volume Summary Proposed Treatments No Limiting Factors Proposed Treatments With Limiting Factors The following information is displayed, where pertinent, on the attached compartment maps: Base feature information, stand numbers, cover types Proposed treatments Proposed road access system Suggested potential old growth

3 11/5/ :25:03 AM Michigan Department of Natural Resources - Operations Inventory System Individual Compartment Report TABLE 3: Page 1 of 1 LAKE SUPERIOR STATE FOREST SHINGLETON FOREST AREA SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTY COMPARTMENT: 20 Table 3 (acres shown in boxes) STAND AGE CLASS COVER TYPE Not Coded All Aged Total Aspen 3 3 Black Spruce 6 6 Cedar Lowlnd Brush 830 Mx Swmp Cnfr Paper Birch Spruce Fir 18 Swamp Hrdwds Upland Hdwds Water 9 White Pine 2 2 Total

4 11/5/ :25:06 AM Michigan Department of Natural Resources - Operations Inventory System Individual Compartment Report TABLE 3A: Page 1 of 1 LAKE SUPERIOR STATE FOREST SHINGLETON FOREST AREA SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTY COMPARTMENT: 20 Table 3A (acres shown in boxes) MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVE TYPE COVER TYPE A S V C G H J I L P N Q X O B R K Y F E T D U M Z W Total A Aspen 3 3 S Black Spruce 6 6 C Cedar L Q B F E M Z Lowlnd Brush Mx Swmp Cnfr Paper Birch Spruce Fir Swamp Hrdwds Upland Hdwds Water 9 9 W White Pine 2 2 Total

5 11/10/2008 1:13:38 PM Michigan Department of Natural Resources - Operations Inventory System Individual Compartment Report TABLE 10: Page 1 of 1 LAKE SUPERIOR STATE FOREST SHINGLETON FOREST AREA SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTY COMPARTMENT: 20 Table 10 - COMPARTMENT VOLUME SUMMARY - ALL STANDS COMPARTMENT SUMMARY TOTAL VOLUME Hardwood 2909 Cds Hardwood 51 Mbf Softwood 3065 Cds Softwood 115 Mbf Sum TotVol 6306 Cds CUT VOLUME Hardwood 8 Cds Hardwood 1 Mbf Softwood 7 Cds Softwood 5 Mbf Sum CutVol 27 Cds Total Cmpt Acres Acres Proposed For Cut

6 Proposed Treatments With NO Limiting Factors Compartment: 20 Entry Year: 2010 Stand Cover Type Acres Age Site Index Mgt Obj Condition Method Cut Harvest Priority Cultural Need FDF Status Total Acres... 0 Page 1 of 1 11/5/2008

7 Proposed Treatments With Limiting Factors Compartment: 20 Entry Year: 2010 Stand Cover Type Acres Age Site Index Mgt Obj Condition Method Cut Harvest Priority Cultural Need FDF Status TREATMENT LIMITING FACTORS: Total Acres... 0 Page 1 of 1 11/5/2008

8 8622 0"W "W "W "W "W "N Compartment 20 T45N, R16W, Sec. 31,, County: Schoolcraft Unit: Shingleton YOE: 2010 Acres: 1,750 GIS Calculated Stand Examiner: Jennifer Burnham Map Revised: 10/29/2008 Map Phase: Pre-Review 31 Covertype & Treatment Map Legend Miris Corners Poor Dirt Roads Water Features Stand Boundaries Cover Types A - Aspen B - Paper Birch C - Northern White Cedar E - Swamp Hardwoods F - Upland Spruce or Fir L - Lowland Brush M - Northern Hardwoods Q - Mixed Swamp Conifers S - Black Spruce Swamp W - White Pine Z - Water "N 8 W C Hic key "N Stu tts 4 3 E W. 27 Bra nch Hic key "N 2 A5 1 S Miles "W "W "W "W "W

9 8622 0"W Compartment 20 T45N, R16W, Sec. 31,, County: Schoolcraft Unit: Shingleton YOE: 2010 Acres: 1,750 GIS Calculated Stand Examiner: Jennifer Burnham Map Revised: 10/29/2008 Map Phase: Pre-Review "W "W Stand Boundary Map "W "W Legend Miris Corners Poor Dirt Roads Water Features Stand Boundaries "N "N 8 W C Hic key "N Stu tts 4 3 E W. 27 Bra nch Hic key "N 2 A5 1 S Miles "W "W "W "W "W

10 "N "W Compartment 20 T45N, R16W, Sec. 31,, County: Schoolcraft Unit: Shingleton YOE: 2010 Acres: 1,750 GIS Calculated Stand Examiner: Jennifer Burnham Map Revised: 10/29/2008 Map Phase: Pre-Review "W "W Dedicated & Proposed Special Conservation Area Map "W "W Legend Miris Corners Stand Boundaries Proposed SCA SCA - Special Conservation Areas Dedicated Special Conservation Areas Potential Old Growth Stands Cold Water Streams "N 8 W C Hic key "N Stu tts 4 3 E W. 27 Bra nch Hic key "N 2 A5 1 S Miles "W "W "W "W "W

11 Report Date: 10/29/2008 Type Shingleton Mgt. Unit Compartment: 020 DEDICATED CONSERVATION AREA DETAILS Page 1 of 1 * 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 Description ERA = Ecological Reference Area HCVA = High Conservation Value Area SCA = Special Conservation Area SCA Cold Water Stream 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. SCA Potential Old Growth Areas This category contains stands were identified for a broad range of reasons and were coded in the OI database as stand condition 8 as potential old growth (POG). Approximately 310,000 acres have been identified through the Operations Inventory (OI)/Compartment Review process. For stands in Year of Entry 2008 and forward, potential old growth is managed for the identified objective until it is: 1) vetted through the Biodiversity Conservation Planning Process (BCPP) and given a specific designation and objective (as an ERA, HCVA, or other type of SCA) and is released from the potential old growth designation; or 2) it is released from the potential old growth designation via the Compartment Review process.