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Stinchfield Woods

Longitude/Latitude: 
42.4016, -83.9275
Address: 
northern Washtenaw County, in the northeast corner of Dexter Township, approximately 13 miles northwest of Ann Arbor Dexter Township MI 48169 US
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Site Overview: 
Stinchfield Woods, northwest of Ann Arbor off North Territorial Road, is a larger area where training in forest and sustainable ecosystem management takes place. The land was acquired in piecemeal fashion beginning in 1925. Now it comprises 777 acres of rolling hills reforested with hardwoods and evergreens. It serves as a field research area for demonstration of forest and sustainable ecosystem management for SEAS faculty and students.
Management
Site History: 

Stinchfield Woods was deeded to the U-M in memory of the Jacob and Charles Stinchfield of Detroit. The Stinchfield brothers were descendants of the lumbermen that harvested Michigan’s giant white pine in the nineteenth century.

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Property boundary of Stinchfield Woods
Lots boundaries of Stinchfield Woods
NLCD land cover of Stinchfield Woods
Roads and trails of Stinchfield Woods
Aerial photos of Stinchfield Woods from 1949-2000 (full photos)
Creating a Vision for SEAS Properties
Site Ownership: 
School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS)