Michigan Nature Association

FACILITATING AND IMPLEMENTING EASTERN MASSASAUGA CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY IN MICHIGAN

THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE PERMANENT PROTECTION FOR 3,454 ACRES OF WILDLIFE HABITAT WITHIN A CRITICAL MIGRATORY FLYWAY IN THE UPPER GREAT LAKES OF LUCE, MACKINAC, AND SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTIES, MI. FOUR ACQUISITION TRACTS ARE TARGETED TO HELP ENSURE PERPETUAL PROTECTION OF HIGH-QUALITY WETLAND HABITAT

CHIPPEWA NEAR-SHORE GREAT LAKES WETLAND PROTECTION

THE PROJECT WILL ENHANCE AN ISOLATED STRETCH OF LAKE HURON SHORELINE ON THE EASTERN END OF THE MIDWEST COASTAL PROGRAMS SAGINAW BAY FOCAL AREA. THE PROJECT WILL ENHANCE COASTAL WETLANDS AND ADJACENT FOREST WHICH PROVIDE IMPORTANT HABITAT FOR MIGRATORY WATERFOWL, SHOREBIRDS, AND NEO-TROPICAL MIGRANTS INCLUDING BLUE-WINGED TEAL, CANADA WARBLER, MONARCH BUTTERFLY AND NATIVE BATS INCLUDING THE ENDANGERED LONG-EARED BAT. THE PROJECT WILL ADDRESS INVASIVE SPECIES ON MNAS KERNAN MEMORIAL NATURE SANCTUARY (KMNS) ALONG WITH PARTICIPATING PRIVATE LANDOWNERS TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH AND WILL ALSO AID IN MAKING THE EXISTING HABITAT MORE CLIMATE RESILIENT AND BENEFICIAL TO THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY AND OTHER POLLINATORS.

MNA BUTTERNUT CREEK 2015 PRAIRIE FEN RESTORATION PROJECT

SAGINAW WETLANDS OAK OPENINGS RESTORATION PHASE 2 PROPOSALPROJECT ABSTRACT SUMMARY PROJECT TITLE SAGINAW WETLANDS OAK OPENINGS RESTORATION PHASE 2PROJECT LOCATION TOWN 16N, RANGE 9E, SECTION 22, HURON COUNTY, MICHIGANPROPOSED PROJECT PERIOD 07 01 2022 THROUGH 12 31 2023THE SAGINAW WETLANDS NATURE SANCTUARY SAGINAW WETLANDS IS 153 ACRES IN SIZE AND WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE 1980S TO PROTECT ONE OF THE LAST REMAINING AND HIGHEST QUALITY LAKEPLAIN PRAIRIE AND LAKEPLAIN OAK OPENINGS REMNANTS REMAINING IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION THIS SANCTUARY IS OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE DUE TO PRESENCE OF LARGE AND STABLE POPULATION OF THE FEDERALLY THREATENED EASTERN PRAIRIE FRINGED ORCHID PLATANTHERA LEUCOPHAEA ADDITIONAL SPECIES LISTED AS ENDANGERED AND THREATENED BY THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ARE ALSO PRESENT AT SAGINAW WETLANDS LAKEPLAIN PRAIRIE AND LAKEPLAIN OAK OPENINGS ARE CLASSIFIED AS CRITICALLY IMPERILED NATURAL COMMUNITIES DUE TO THEIR LIMITED REMAINING DISTRIBUTION AND THE LOSS OF OVER 99 OF THESE NATURAL COMMUNITIES TO DRAINING, FILLING, CONVERSION TO AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL SUCCESSION OVER TIME THE LAKEPLAIN PRAIRIE AND OAK OPENINGS AT SAGINAW WETLANDS BECAME OVERGROWN WITH EXCESSIVE WOODY GROWTH, PRIMARILY DUE TO THE LACK OF FIRE ON THE LANDSCAPE DURING THE LAST CENTURY ENCROACHING SUCCESSION IS THREATENING TO SHADE OUT PORTIONS OF THE LAKEPLAIN OAK OPENINGS WITH SPECIES INCLUDING CHERRY PRUNUS , PRICKLY ASH ZANTHOXYLEM AMERICANUM , ELM ULMUS , ASH FRAXINUS , DOGWOOD CORNUS AND OTHERS MICHIGAN NATURE ASSOCIATION MNA HAS CONDUCTED HABITAT MANAGEMENT CONSISTING OF WOODY GROWTH REMOVAL, TREE GIRDLING, AND PRESCRIBED BURNING AT SAGINAW WETLANDS FOR OVER FIFTEEN YEARS TO HELP RESTORE THE LAKEPLAIN PRAIRIES AND OAK OPENINGS HOWEVER, WITHOUT MORE INTENSIVE MANAGEMENT THE HEAVILY OVERGROWN PORTIONS OF THE HISTORICAL LAKEPLAIN OAK OPENINGS WILL BE UNABLE TO BE RESTORED AND UNABLE TO PROVIDE HABITAT FOR THE UNIQUE SPECIES WHICH REQUIRE THIS HABITAT FOR SURVIVAL MNA PROPOSES TO HIRE CONTRACTORS TO CONDUCT WOODY BRUSH MOWING ON THIRTEEN ACRES WITHIN THE LAKEPLAIN OAK OPENINGS MNA PLANS TO PROVIDE IN KIND MATCHING LABOR TO PREPARED BIDS, HIRE, AND OVERSEE MOWING CONTRACTORS AND PERFORM ADDITIONAL WORK FOR THE PROJECT BY CONDUCTING SITE PREPARATION AND CLEAN UP FOR THE MOWING EQUIPMENT, TREATING THE MOWED STUMPS WITH HERBICIDE AND CONDUCTING A PRESCRIBED BURN TO FOLLOW UP THE MOWING PROJECT MNA WILL CONTINUE TO MANAGE THE SANCTUARY AND THE RESTORED HABITAT FOLLOWING THE PROJECT AS PART OF ONGOING MANAGEMENT OF THE SANCTUARY ONGOING MANAGEMENT WILL USE BOTH MNA STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS TO COMPLETE FOLLOW UP WOODY GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND PRESCRIBED BURNING FOR THE BENEFIT OF RARE SPECIES ON THE SANCTUARY

THE GOAL OF THE NORTHERN COPPERBELLY WATER SNAKE HABITAT RESTORATION PROJECT IS TO IMPROVE KEY HABITATS FOR THE NORTHERN COPPERBELLY WATERSNAKE NERODIA ERYTHROGASTER NEGLECTA ON THE MICHIGAN NATURE ASSOCIATION S SARAH JANE S NATURE SANCTUARY SARAH JANE S , LOCATED INAMBOY TOWNSHIP 8 SOUTH, RANGE 3 WEST, SECTION 35, HILLSDALE COUNTY, MICHIGAN THE NORTHERN POPULATION SEGMENT OF THE COPPERBELLY ISLISTED AS FEDERALLY THREATENED, AS WELL AS STATE ENDANGERED IN MICHIGAN, OHIO, AND INDIANA THE MICHIGAN NATURE ASSOCIATION MNA ESTABLISHED SARAH JANE S FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROTECTING HABITAT FOR THE COPPERBELLY AT 187 ACRES, SARAH JANE S REPRESENTS A UNIQUE COMPLEXOF WETLANDS AND UPLANDS ON THE LANDSCAPE, WHICH IS ESSENTIAL FOR ACCOMMODATING THE SNAKE S EXTENSIVE RANGE AND MOVEMENT PATTERNS CURRENTLY SARAH JANE S IS ONE OF ONLY THREE REMAINING SITES IN MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN OHIO WITH KNOWNEXTANT COPPERBELLY POPULATIONS THIS PROJECT FOCUSES ON IMPROVING TWO COMPONENTS OF THE COPPERBELLY HABITAT AT SARAH JANE S PRESERVE ENHANCE THE WETLAND VEGETATION ON 7 0 ACRES OF WETLAND HABITAT THAT PROVIDE HABITAT FOR THE CWS AND COMPLETE INVASIVE TREE AND SHRUBCONTROL ON 22 ACRES OF UPLAND HABITAT PREVIOUSLY PLANTED TO FOREST BY CONTROLLING INVASIVE AUTUMN OLIVE AND OTHER WOODY PROBLEM SPECIES

SAGINAW WETLANDS SAVANAH RESTORATION SUGGESTED VENDOR: MNA HEADER TEXT: LANDOWNERAGREEMENT FBMS VENDOR CODE:71164278 RECIPIENT IS ASAP ENROLLED EMAIL A COPY OF THE AWARD LETTER TO MICHELLE VANDER HAAR AND SHAWN NORCROSS LAST SUBMISSION APPROVE VIA DAN LOVEDAHL CDB 9/7/2017

PARTNERS FOR FISH AND WILDLIFE PROGRAM

BUTTERNUT CREEK 2016 PRAIRIE FEN RESTORATION PROJECT

MNA FIVE LAKES RESTORATION PROJECT SUGGESTED VENDOR: PARTNERS FOR FISH AND WILDLIFE AGREEMENT WITH AN NON-PROFIT THAT IS ENROLLED IN ASAP. HEADER TEXT: PFW 25.0 ACRE OAK-PINE BARREN (GRASSLAND) RESTORATION PROJECT ON MICHIGAN NATURE ASSOCIATION'S PROPERTY IN MUSKEGON COUNTY, MICHIGAN . LANDOWNER IS ASAP ENROLLED VENDOR #: 71164278 ***PLEASE EMAIL A COPY OF THE AWARD LETTER TO CHRISTOPHER BLAXTON & MEREDITH BRYANT*** CDB 7/2/2018 THE PROJECT WILL RESTORE AND ENHANCE 1 OAK-PINE BARREN AREA OF LAND TOTALING 25 ACRES.

BUTTERNUT CREEK 2017 WETLAND FEN RESTORATION PROJECT

BIG VALLEY NATURE SANCTUARY PRAIRIE/FEN RESTORATION

WETLAND RESTORATION

GREAT LAKES RESTORAT