Raco Plains (USFS-Hiawatha NF); Landscape Management
Project Description
Take a few minutes to view the recorded introduction by Steve Sjogren found as the first project link (Introductory Presentation) on the right side.
The 60,000 acre Raco Plains features a landscape management strategy designed to restore and maintain a substantial acreage of early successional and pine barren habitat, typically associated with wildfire.
Succession within this dynamic system is managed at a large scale using prescribed burning, timber sales and mechanical tools to maintain not only open land and savanna, but also a variety of age-classes of pine. Simulating wildfire a...
Project Map
County: Chippewa County, MI
Project Size:
- 67237.67 acres
Project Sites
- Jack Pine Regen Burn Oct 2010
- Mechanical Fuels Treatment April 2011
- Prusik Timber Sale & Prescribed Burn
- Raco Plains
- Red Pine Regen Burn Oct 2010 pt 1
- Red Pine Regen Burn Oct 2010 pt 2
- Red Pine Savanna Burn July 2010
- Red Pine Savanna Burn May 2003
Goals and Targets
Primary Motivations:
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Conservation Mission
Consistent With Plans:
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Federal Land Management Plan
USFS
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Forest Plan
Hiawatha NF
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Species Recovery Plan
Kirtland's Warbler (Dendroica kirtlandii)
Targeted Habitats:
- Forests and Woodlands
- Shrublands and Grasslands
Targeted Species:
No targeted species were identified for this project.
Conservation Actions
Action | Status | Start Year | End Year |
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Education | In Progress | 2011 | 2011 |
Demonstration Site |
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Conduct prescribed burns | Completed | 2010 | 2010 |
Outcomes
Is the success of this project's actions being monitored? YesMonitoring Activities
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