Ottawa National Forest


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Ottawa National Forest

Address:E 6248 US 2
Ironwood, MI 49938
Phone:906-932-1330
Fax:906-932-0122
Web: www.fs.fed.us/r9/ottawa
Size: 1,000,000 acres.
Location:Northwestern corner of Michigan's upper peninsula, near Wisconsin state line. Accessible by US 2 and 45; MI 28 and 64. Nearby cities/towns include Bessemer, Iron River, Ironwood, Kenton, Ontonagon, Trout Creek, Wakefield, and Watersmeet.
Facilities:Visitor center, 22 campgrounds, group camps, dispersed camping, picnic sites, trails (200 miles), boat launches, scenic drives, ski areas.
Activities:Camping, hunting, fishing, boating, canoeing, kayaking, swimming, hiking, mountain biking, cross-country and downhill skiing, snowmobiling, ice fishing, snowshoeing.
Special Features:500 named lakes, 2,000 miles of streams, and numerous waterfalls; 108 miles of the North Country National Scenic Trail (see entry in national trails section); Black River Harbor, the Forest Service's only Great Lakes harbor. Portions of the forest receive more than 200 inches of snow annually.
See other parks in Michigan.
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Capitol Christmas tree cut in Michigan: a white spruce from the Ottawa National Forest (2001)
By the numbers
The natural areas selected to he modeled at a finer scale in this study were the western and eastern portions of the Hiawatha National Forest (WHNF and EHNF), Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (PIRO), Ottawa National Forest (ONF) and Seney National Wildlife Refuge (SNWR).
Multi-criteria risk model for garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) in Michigan's upper Peninsula
From Lake Superior ("Get-che-gum-me" to the Ojibwa) to Lake Gogebic from the Ottawa National Forest to the Sylvania Wilderness and from Watersmeet to Bruce Crossing to Houghton Megis is a novel of a place that is as rich in history and mythology as it is in fresh air water and woodlands.
MEGIS
5 million acres of the Ottawa National Forest and the UP quickly becomes a partridge hunter's paradise.
Grouse on the "UP": hunting the upland king
South and east of the Huron Mountains lies the Ottawa National Forest, containing over 1.
The mountain lions of Michigan
This year's tree, a 67-year-old, 74-foot white spruce hails from Ottawa National Forest in Michigan and was decorated with several thousand handmade ornaments representing the tree's home state.
Lighting up. (Clippings)
The first facilities placed into service were 16 miles of 8-inch steel main along a federal highway, much through the Ottawa National Forest.
Wisconsin Electric Teams With Contractor On Expansion
In Michigan's Ottawa National Forest, a region with scarcely any roadless or unfragmented wilderness, the Ten Mile Creek sale proposes 22 miles of new roads and 35 clearcuts covering approximately 350 acres.
Field truths: a walk in the woods shows that "salvage logging" is just another way to cut and run
Through the Forest Service, $900,000 will be allocated for the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in Wisconsin with an additional $100,000 for the adjacent Ottawa National Forest in Michigan to address road damage in the national forests.
United States : U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $4.15 Million for Emergency Repairs to Roads and Bridges in Wisconsin
Forest Service reintroduced 61 fishers into the Ottawa National Forest in the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan between 1961-1963 (Brander and Brooks, 1973).
Using track-plate footprints in fisher mark recapture population estimation
Contact the Ottawa National Forest office at 906/932-1330.
Superior whitetails. (Expeditions)
Ottawa National Forest - Iron River And Watersmeet Ranger Districts
Ott - tsi 2015

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