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Recognition: |
State Forest Management Plan |
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| Size: |
1,520 acres |
| Location: |
Part of the Escanaba River State
Forest in Menominee County, 10 miles west of Stephenson |
| Management: |
Escanaba River State Forest |
| Activities: |
Hiking, outdoor education,
wildflower and bird viewing, hunting |
Importance:
Shakey Lakes contains the largest area of pine and oak barrens in northern Michigan. Five
distinctly different savanna ecosystems are found at the site along with five state
threatened or special concern species. Historians believe that native peoples purposely
set fires on a regular basis to improve game habitat and blueberry crops. These fires,
along with lightning strikes, apparently maintained a savanna-type landscape. Following
nearly 100 years of fire suppression, savanna restoration activities, including the use of
prescribed burns, have begun at Shakey Lakes. |
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