The Gaylord Unit manages over 315,000 acres of state forest lands in Cheboygan (SW of Black River), Antrim, Charlevoix, Emmet, and Otsego Counties.

2010 YOE State Forest Compartment Reviews Schedule

2010 YOE State Forest Open House Schedule

The Gaylord Units schedule for 2010 Year Of Entry (YOE) will be:

Gaylord South
Open House will be held on July 8, 2008, Compartment Review will be held on July 23, 2008.

Gaylord North
Open House will be held on July 9, 2008, Compartment Review will be held on July 23, 2008.

Go to Compartment Review Packets

You can reach the Unit Manager Joyce Angel-Ling at 989-732-3541 ext.5440, or send her an email at DNR-Gaylord-FMU@michigan.gov

The Indian River Office (Gaylord North) is located in Cheboygan County and covers the western two-thirds of Cheboygan County, and all of Emmet County. Pellston Field Office in Emmet County is a one-person field station. Three campgrounds are managed out of the Indian River Office, along with ORV trails, snowmobile trails; rail trails, and the National North Country Hiking Trail.

The Gaylord Field office (Gaylord South) is located in Otsego County and covers the western two-thirds of Otsego County, all of Antrim and Charlevoix County. Bellaire Field Office in Antrim County is also a one-person field station. Natural gas development has been part of the land use in this area. Five campgrounds are managed out of the Gaylord and Bellaire offices, along with snowmobile trails and hiking and skiing trails.

Our unit has many miles of Great Lakes shoreline on both Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. This includes a number of islands, featuring the Beaver Island Archipelago and Bois Blanc Island located in the Straits of Mackinac.

Land type varies from jack pine plains to rolling northern hardwood forests intersected by trout streams and dotted with numerous lakes. In fact, five world class trout streams have their origin in Otsego County: the Ausable, Manistee, Sturgeon, Pigeon, and East Branch of the Black.

The Jordan Valley Management Area located in northeast County is part of a Special Management Area. The Jordan River is the first designated natural and scenic river in the state, and it offers panoramic views at both Deadman's Hill and Landslide Overlook.

There are two other special management areas in Otsego County- the Crapo Lake Kirtland's Warbler Management Area, comprised of 3,200 acres of jack pine plains, and part of the Camp Grayling National Guard Training Area with 4,500 acres in the Gaylord Unit.

Within our unit, we have a number of large inland lakes, which not only are homes to many species of waterfowl, fish, birds, and plants, but a great resource for many types of recreation. The two largest lakes on either side of I-75 are: Mullet Lake and Burt Lake in Cheboygan County. These two beautiful lakes, along with the Indian River that connects them, are part of the Inland Waterway that stretches from Lake Huron nearly to Lake Michigan.

The Gaylord Management Unit offers a diverse collection of Natural Resources providing enjoyment for a variety of uses for the public.

All State Forest Compartment Review maps and documents are drafts to be used for general planning purposes. Links to these documents will be removed after the review occurs.

NOTE: We are using maps with imagery as a backdrop. These maps are excellent at showing the features of the land - but they make very large files that are slow to download on some computers.

For a map of the Gaylord Forest Management Unit's compartments, view the Gaylord Locator Map here.

The Gaylord Forest Management Unit has 2010 YOE Review packets available for the following compartments. The packets were posted 06/09/2008, unless noted otherwise:

Compartment 012 Narrative, Reports and Maps

Compartment 012 Stand Listing

Maps updated 06/24/08

Compartment 026 Narrative, Reports and Maps

Compartment 026 Stand Listing

Compartment 038 Narrative, Reports and Maps

Compartment 038 Stand Listing

Narrative, Reports and Maps updated 06/18/08

Compartment 042 Narrative, Reports and Maps

Compartment 042 Stand Listing

Narrative, Reports and Maps updated 06/18/08

Compartment 054 Narrative, Reports and Maps

Compartment 054 Stand Listing

Narrative, Reports and Maps updated 06/18/08

Compartment 061 Narrative, Reports and Maps

Compartment 061 Stand Listing

Compartment 074 Narrative, Reports and Maps

Compartment 074 Stand Listing

Narrative, Reports and Maps updated 06/18/08

Compartment 104 Narrative, Reports and Maps

Compartment 104 Stand Listing

Compartment 116 Narrative, Reports and Maps

Compartment 116 Stand Listing

Compartment 139 Narrative, Reports and Maps

Compartment 139 Stand Listing

Compartment 140 Narrative, Reports and Maps

Compartment 140 Stand Listing

Compartment 149 Narrative, Reports and Maps

Compartment 149 Stand Listing

Compartment 156 Narrative, Reports and Maps

Compartment 156 Stand Listing

Compartment 164 Narrative, Reports and Maps

Compartment 164 Stand Listing

Compartment 177 Narrative, Reports and Maps

Compartment 177 Stand Listing

Maps updated 06/17/08

Compartment 184 Narrative, Reports and Maps

Compartment 184 Stand Listing

Compartment 190 Narrative, Reports and Maps

Compartment 190 Stand Listing

Compartment 205 Narrative, Reports and Maps

Compartment 205 Stand Listing

Compartment 221 Narrative, Reports and Maps

Compartment 221 Stand Listing