Seney National Wildlife Refuge

Seney National Wildlife Refuge
IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)
Pinus resinosa forest, with Pteridium aquilinum understorey. Seney National Wildlife Refuge
Location within United States
Location	Schoolcraft County, Michigan, United States
Nearest city	Seney, Michigan
Coordinates	46°15′N 86°06′W / 46.250°N 86.100°W / 46.250; -86.100Coordinates: 46°15′N 86°06′W / 46.250°N 86.100°W / 46.250; -86.100
Area	95,264.66 acres (385.5224 km2)
Established	1935 (1935)
Governing body	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Website	Seney National Wildlife Refuge

The Seney National Wildlife Refuge is a managed wetland in Schoolcraft County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It has an area of 95,212 acres (385 km²). It is bordered by M-28 and M-77. The nearest town of any size is Seney, Michigan. The refuge contains the Seney Wilderness Area and the Strangmoor Bog National Natural Landmark within its boundaries.

While the Seney National Wildlife Refuge is oriented towards maintaining living space for bird life, river otters, beavers, moose, black bears and wolves also live in the refuge. 211 separate species of birds have been logged at Seney, including ducks, bald eagles, trumpeter swans, osprey, sandhill cranes, and common loons. On the western side of the National Wildlife Refuge, a parcel is officially designated as a wilderness with an area of 25,150 acres (102 km²).

The Seney NWR's western wilderness area, designated by federal law as the Seney Wilderness Area, includes the Strangmoor Bog National Natural Landmark. The Strangmoor Bog was landmarked as being the best surviving example in the 48 states of a sub-arctic patterned bog ecosystem, characterized by rapid glacial meltoff from an exposed sandy plain. The friable sand, exposed to the weather, was sculpted by wind and water into parallel strips of dune highland and wetland.