US-MI-DeWard+Forest+Management+Area


 * =Birding in Michigan=

Crawford County
=DeWard Tract= West Cameron Bridge Road Frederic, MI 49733 [|DeWard Tract web site] [|Grayling State Forest Management Area web site] [|DeWard Tract map]

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Cameron Bridge
Coordinates: 44.7998797, -84.8404539 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About DeWard Tract
The DeWard Tract is a 4,720 acre special management area located in Antrim, Crawford, Kalkaska, and Otsego Counties. Plagued by damage from motorized vehicles, this special area was designated in 1980 to protect the Upper Manistee River Corridor. Today lush vegetation and wildlife in the area attribute to the success of the protection measures put in place. A majority of the DeWard Tract (2,470 acres) is managed by the Grayling Forest Management Unit. Access is restricted in the area to protect the Upper Manistee River corridor and to provide a "quality" fishing experience. Camping is limited to within 50 feet of roads posted as open to protect this sensitive river corridor. The area encompasses the site of the historic lumbering village of DeWard. It also contains the only Pine Stump Preserve in Michigan. In 1958 an area of 42.5 acres was dedicated as a Pine Stump Preserve in efforts to protect evidence of the early logging efforts in Michigan. Several foot access sites are maintained throughout the DeWard Tract providing user access to the river. From [|DeWard Tract web site]

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