Pine Point - Douglas Lake
Site Overview:
Noted for its beach pools (wooded swamp really) some distance back from the beach.
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Longitude/Latitude:
POINT (-84.660517 45.574773)
Noted for its beach pools (wooded swamp really) some distance back from the beach.
In Beaver Island area, Herring gull nesting area.
Receives most of the groundwater drainage of central Emmet Co.
DNR property.
Wentz's student paper (1973) is the only record.
Bay on N side of Drummond Island, filled with islands, and noted for its fishery.
Zahner: a 65 year old red pine stand - best example in Michigan.
Cantlon: heaviest growth of red pine in station area.
Zahner: A stand of old growth virgin red pine; best example in northern lower Michigan.
Prob. the most studied terrestrial site at UMBS.