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Michigan
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Links to Offices and Services in Michigan
National Wildlife Refuges
Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge
989-777-5930Grassy Island National Wildlife Refuge
419-898-0014Gravel Island National Wildlife Refuge
920-387-2658Harbor Island National Wildlife Refuge
906-586-9851Huron National Wildlife Refuge
906-586-9851Kirtland's Warbler Wildlife Management Area
906-586-9851Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge
906-586-9851Seney National Wildlife Refuge
906-586-9851Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge
517-777-5930Ecological Services
East Lansing Ecological Services Office
517-351-2555National Fish Hatcheries
Sullivan Creek National Fish Hatchery
906-437-5231Jordan River National Fish Hatchery
231-584-2461Pendills Creek National Fish Hatchery
906-437-5231Fishery Resources Offices
Alpena Fishery Resources Office
517-356-3052Biological Stations
Ludington Biological Station
231-845-6205Marquette Biological Station
906-226-1206Law Enforcement Offices
Ann Arbor Law Enforcement Office
734-971-9755Bay City Law Enforcement Office
989-686-4578Detroit Metro Airport Wildlife Inspection Office
734-247-6800Other Programs
Federal Aid
Great Lakes Coordination Office
Migratory Bird Conservation
North American Waterfowl Management Plan
Private Lands Office
RealtyOther Information
State Capital
Travel Information
Midwest Natural Resources Group (MNRG)
State Facts
The Service employs 208 people in Michigan
The Fiscal Year 2006 Resource Management budget for Service activities in Michigan totaled $7 million
National Wildlife Refuge Facts
Seven National Wildlife Refuges and one Wetland Management District in Michigan total 115,028 acres
In 2004, more than 143,000 people visited national wildlife refuges in Michigan to hunt, fish, participate in interpretive programs and view wildlife
National Fish Hatchery Facts
Six National Fish Hatcheries provide lake trout for Michigan’s great lakes waters
Three National Fish Hatcheries in Michigan provide many public opportunities for environmental education
National Fish Hatcheries
Three National Fish Hatcheries devoted to restoring lake trout to the Great Lakes stocked 3.8 million fish in Lakes Michigan and Huron.
Sea Lamprey Control Stations
Staff at two Biological Stations work to control sea lamprey populations in the Great Lakes.
Federal Aid to State Fish and Wildlife Programs
Sport Fish Restoration Act funds were used to develop one of the most extensive “harbors of refuge” programs in the world. The intent of this program is to ensure that, in case of an emergency, no boater is more than 15 shoreline miles from a safe port while boating on the Great Lakes. Funds awarded under the Act have played a major role in helping Michigan construct, expand and upgrade this harbor system.
Offshore Lake Trout Stocking
The Service has stocked more than 22 million yearling lake trout into lakes Huron and Michigan in the past seven years using the M/V Togue, which travels more than 1,000 miles during the months of April, May and June from its home port in Cheboygan, Mich. The Togue was built in 1975 as a shrimp trawler and operated for 12 years before being confiscated in Florida by the Coast Guard for carrying contraband. The Service acquired it in 1989 and retrofitted it for stocking lake trout in the Great Lakes. Despite continual maintenance since then, the Togue has deteriorated, and a replacement vessel, the M/V Spencer F. Baird (named for the founder of the U.S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries, the predecessor of the Fish and Wildlife Service), is expected to be operational in 2007. The Baird has been specifically designed for lake trout stocking and will also have fish assessment capabilities to support hatchery product evaluation programs.
Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge
North America’s first international wildlife refuge was established in 2001 and its first Refuge Manager hired in 2003. The refuge has undertaken comprehensive conservation planning, which will conserve, protect and restore habitat for 29 species of waterfowl, 65 kinds of fish and 300 species of migratory birds on more than 5,000 acres along the lower Detroit River in Michigan and Canada. The refuge is a result of an unprecedented partnership of government agencies, businesses, conservation groups, landowners and private citizens on both sides of the border.
