National Wildlife Refuges

Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge
989-777-5930

Grassy Island National Wildlife Refuge
419-898-0014

Gravel Island National Wildlife Refuge
920-387-2658

Harbor Island National Wildlife Refuge
906-586-9851

Huron National Wildlife Refuge
906-586-9851

Kirtland's Warbler Wildlife Management Area
906-586-9851

Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge
906-586-9851

Seney National Wildlife Refuge
906-586-9851

Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge
517-777-5930

Other Programs

Federal Aid
Great Lakes Coordination Office
Migratory Bird Conservation
North American Waterfowl Management Plan
Private Lands Office
Realty

Other 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

Ecological Services

East Lansing Ecological Services Office
517-351-2555

National Fish Hatcheries

Sullivan Creek National Fish Hatchery
906-437-5231

Jordan River National Fish Hatchery
231-584-2461

Pendills Creek National Fish Hatchery
906-437-5231

Fishery Resources Offices

Alpena Fishery Resources Office
517-356-3052

Biological Stations

Ludington Biological Station
231-845-6205

Marquette Biological Station
906-226-1206

Law Enforcement Offices

Ann Arbor Law Enforcement Office
734-971-9755

Bay City Law Enforcement Office
989-686-4578

Detroit Metro Airport Wildlife Inspection Office
734-247-6800

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.