Mackinaw State Forest
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IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
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Map showing State Forests in Michigan.
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| Location | Lower Peninsula, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 45°16′N 84°26′W / 45.27°N 84.44°WCoordinates: 45°16′N 84°26′W / 45.27°N 84.44°W |
| Area | 717,500 acres (2,904 km2) |
| Governing body | Michigan Department of Natural Resources |
The Mackinaw State Forest is a 717,500-acre (2,904 km2) forested area owned by the U.S. state of Michigan and operated by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. It is located in the northern area of the Lower Peninsula within the eight counties of Alpena, Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet, Montmorency, Otsego, and Presque Isle. The forest is served by Interstate 75, U.S. Highway 23 (US 23), and US 131.
Most of the Mackinaw State Forest was logged for red pine and white pine during the golden age of Michigan old-growth lumbering, which ended about 1910. Much of the cut-over land was seen as worthless and was allowed to revert to the state of Michigan in lieu of unpaid property taxes.
Second-growth trees found within the Mackinaw State Forest include the alder, aspen, paper birch, yellow birch, hophornbeam, sugar maple, balsam poplar, willow, balsam fir, hemlock, larch, jack pine, black spruce, white spruce, and northern whitecedar.
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