Saginaw Bay and River Natural Resource Damage Assessment
Properties Acquired
with the Settlement
The parties to the settlement purchased
over 1,670 acres of land from willing sellers around Saginaw Bay. The purpose
of the purchases was to protect excellent habitat remaining along the bay
from development and to increase habitat by purchasing previously drained
lands and restoring their wetlands. Wildlife managers and wetland experts
selected the parcels based on habitat values, proximity to existing public
lands, and prospects for restoration.
All parcels are now in public ownership. Most of the parcels belong to
the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) and are managed as
part of State
Wildlife Areas . Little Charity Island and the purchased portions of
Big Charity Island belong to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and are
managed by the Shiawassee
National Wildlife Refuge. One parcel is owned and managed by the Saginaw
Chippewa Tribe.
|
Previous Owner/New Owner |
County
Township, Range, Section |
Acres |
Features |
|
Big Charity Island
USFWS |
Arenac
T19N R9E S28,S33 |
250 |
 wooded
island in bay
interior
pond
mix
of sand, rock, and vegetated shoreline
|
|
Little Charity Island
USFWS |
Arenac
T19N R9E S6 |
5.4 |
wooded
island
bird
nesting colony |
|
Sieja
MDNR |
Arenac
T19N R6E S28-29, S33 |
280 |
largely
wooded
wetlands
near bay |
|
Eastman/KBC Tool
MDNR |
Arenac
T18N R5E S2,S3 |
130 |
largely
wooded
several
small ponds |
|
Robinson
MDNR |
Arenac
T18N R5E S2,S3 |
204 |
restoration
of coastal wetland and lakeplain prairie along bay
wooded
ridge
potential
grassland restoration |
|
Roney
Saginaw Chippewa |
Arenac
T18N R5E S29, S32 |
110 |
coastal
wetland and lakeplain prairie along bay
wooded
ridge
Saganing
Creek |
|
Fritz
MDNR |
Bay
T15N R4E S11 |
40 |
wooded
contiguous
with Tobico Marsh |
|
Badour 1
MDNR |
Bay
T15N R4E S14 |
34 |
restoration
of wetland
wetland
connected to Tobico Marsh
footbridge
added for access |
|
Badour 2
MDNR |
Bay
T15N R4E S24 |
107 |
restoration
of wetland
wetland
connected to Tobico Marsh
footbridge
added for access
small
wooded area which may expand |
|
Hughes; Wild
MDNR |
Bay
T14N R6E S8 |
182 |
one
mile of coastline
wetlands
and beach ridge |
|
Collon
MDNR |
Tuscola
T14N R7E S15 |
40 |
upland
old
beach ridge |
|
Timmons
MDNR |
Tuscola
T14N R7E S14 |
9.5 |
upland
old
beach ridge |
|
Rievert
MDNR |
Huron
T16N R9E S15 |
46 |
restoration
of coastal wetland and lakeplain prairie along bay
has
peninsula into bay |
|
Gunden
MDNR |
Huron
T16N R9E S14 |
100 |
wetlands
and upland
old
beach ridge |
|
Blount; Borroughs
MDNR |
Huron
T16N R9E S2
T17N R9E S35 |
138 |
coastal
wetland
forested
upland |
Restoration Links
To learn more about lakeplain
prairie, one of the habitat types we are trying to restore, visit Michigan
Natural Features Inventory and look at their Lakeplain
Wet Prairie (link to pdf file) and Lakeplain
Wet-Mesic Prairie (link to pdf file) Abstracts.
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