Everything about The Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge totally explained
The
Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge is a portmanteau designation for eight islands in the North American
Great Lakes. Owned by the United States federal government, these islands were set aside for
ecosystem protection purposes by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt in
1943.
Charity,
Little Charity,
Scarecrow, and
Thunder Bay Islands form the
Lake Huron division of the Michigan Islands NWR.
Gull,
Hat,
Pismire, and
Shoe Islands, which are part of the
Beaver Island archipelago, form the
Lake Michigan division.
None of these eight islands are large enough to rate a full-time site staff from the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and they're widely separated from each other in two separate Great Lakes. In an unusual administrative decision, the Fish and Wildlife Service,
as of 2007, has divided up management responsibilities over the Michigan Islands NWR between two larger, full-time-staffed wildlife refuges. The four Lake Huron islands are managed as if they were part of the
Shiawasee National Wildlife Refuge, based in
Saginaw, Michigan, and the four Lake Michigan islands are managed as if they were part of the
Seney National Wildlife Refuge, based in
Seney, Michigan. Scarecrow and Thunder Bay islands were also designated part of the
Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
The Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge islands were set aside as resting places for
migratory birds flying over the Great Lakes, but have drawn increased attention in the following decades for their Great Lakes ecosystem plant life, including the
Dwarf Lake Iris, the
state wildflower of Michigan, and
Pitcher's thistle, both classified as
threatened species within the United States.
Pismire, Scarecrow, and Shoe Islands were designated as wilderness in 1970. The three islands make up the
Michigan Islands Wilderness Area.
There are automated
lighthouses on Charity and Thunder Bay Islands.
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