The Escanaba Unit manages land in Menominee County and the West part of Delta County. You can reach the Unit Manager, Eric Thompson at 906-786-2354, Extension 142 or send an e-mail to ThompsonE3@michigan.gov.

Click on either map to view the Escanaba Forest Management Unit Scroll to the bottom of the page for more infomation on current management strategies and specific State Forest compartments

2014 Year of Entry Open House Schedule for Public Comment on Annual Forest Management Plans

2014 Year of Entry State Forest Compartment Reviews Schedule

The Escanaba Management Unit is located in South Central Upper Peninsula. The Unit manages approximately 142,000 acres of state owned land in Menominee and Delta Counties. The Unit office is located in Escanaba with a satellite office located in Stephenson.

Recreation

The Escanaba Management Unit maintains two pathways for hiking, mountain biking, and cross-country skiing and a nature trail. The Days River Pathway located three miles northwest of Gladstone, Cedar River Pathway located at the North Cedar River State Forest Campground, and the Days River Nature Trail located two miles north of Kipling.

The Unit has one campground, North Cedar River State Forest Campground, which is located six miles northwest of the Village of Cedar River on County Road 551. The campground, situated on the Cedar River, has 18 sites. The Escanaba Unit is responsible for 102 miles of groomed snowmobile trails and 78 miles of ORV/ATV trails.

Fire

The Escanaba Unit provides wildfire protection for Menominee County and Western Delta County. During the snow free periods of the year burning permits are required for open burning. Weather forecast and predicted fire danger are monitored daily during the snow free time of the year. Burning permit time and length depend on forecasted fire danger each day. To obtain a permit to burn for Delta Co. visit http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-30301_30505_30816---,00.html.

Forest

The forest cover types of the Escanaba Unit are very diverse. The major forest cover types are Aspen, Cedar, and Northern Hardwoods. Other cover types of significance are Mixed Swamp Conifer and Swamp Hardwoods. Minor cover types include Paper Birch, Upland Spruce/Fir, Hemlock, Oak, Balsam Poplar, Red Pine, Black Spruce, Tamarack, and White Pine.

Forest Roads

The Escanaba Unit maintains over 100 miles of forest roads to access the State Forest.

• 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.

• For a map of the Escanaba Forest Management Unit's 2013 compartments, view the Escanaba Locator Map.

• The Escanaba Forest Management Unit has 2013 YOE Review packets available for the following compartments. The packets were posted August 1, 2011 unless noted otherwise:

• The Escanaba Unit's 2013 YOE Compartment Review was held on September 13, 2011. The following linked document presents the changes and decisions made at this Compartment Review to the Inventory Database, Reports, and Compartment Maps, presented at Open House, for the Escanaba Forest Management Unit. This document is the official record of changes and decisions.

  Escanaba Record of Changes and Decisions - Posted November 1, 2011

Compartment 001 Narrative, Reports and Maps

Compartment 013 Narrative, Reports and Maps

Compartment 025 Narrative, Reports and Maps

Compartment 031 Narrative, Reports and Maps

Compartment 047 Narrative, Reports and Maps

Compartment 055 Narrative, Reports and Maps

Compartment 056 Narrative, Reports and Maps

Compartment 078 Narrative, Reports and Maps

Compartment 087 Narrative, Reports and Maps

Compartment 100 Narrative, Reports and Maps

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