State Wildlife/Game Areas (clickable map & list by county)

State Wildlife/Game Areas (clickable map & list by county)

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Alphabetical List of Counties with wildlife/game areas found within each county follows. From the line below, click on the first letter of an area's name -or- page-down for the entire list of areas. Note that some areas may span over county lines and will be listed under more than one county name. A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

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Alcona County:

• Hubbard Lake State Game Area
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Alger County:

• Au Train Basin Wildlife Management Area
• Cusino State Wildlife Research Area
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Allegan County:

• Allegan State Game Area
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Alpena County:

• Devil's Lake and Devil's River Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Antrim County:

• Petobego State Game Area (northern portion)
• This county includes State Forests

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Arenac County:

• Wigwam Bay State Wildlife Area
• This county includes State Forests

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Baraga County:

• Baraga Plains Wildlife Management Area
• Net River Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• Nestoria Creek Flooding Wildlife Management Area - retired 2020March03, and now co-managed with other State Forest areas
• Sturgeon River Sloughs Wildlife Management Area (southern portion)
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Barry County:

• Barry State Game Area
• Edgar Waterfowl Production Area
• Middleville State Game Area
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Bay County:

• Crow Island State Game Area (northern portion)
• Fraser Township No.1 (Townline Road) State Game Area
• Fraser Township No.2 (Kitchen Road) State Game Area
• Nayanquing Point State Wildlife Area
• Pinconning Township State Game Area
• Quanicassee State Wildlife Area (western portion; majority)
• Tobico Marsh Game Unit of Bay City State Recreation Area
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Benzie County:

• Betsie River State Game Area
• Grass Lake Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• This county includes State Forests

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Berrien County:

• Boyle Lake State Wildlife Area
• Webster Lake (Berrien Township No.1) State Game Area
• This county includes State Park & Recreation Areas

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Branch County: has no specific wildlife/game areas;
      This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Calhoun County: has no specific wildlife/game areas;
      This county includes State Park & Recreation Areas

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Cass County:

• Crane Pond State Game Area
• Three Rivers State Game Area (west portion)

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Charlevoix County:

• Beaver Islands State Wildlife Research Area
        which is composed of two major units of
     Beaver Island Group of Beaver Islands State Wildlife Research Area
        (Charlevoix County portion, to the north)
     Fox Islands Group of Beaver Islands State Wildlife Research Area
        (Leelanau County portion, to the south)
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Cheboygan County:

• Dingman Marsh Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• Dog Lake Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• Lee Grande Ranch Grouse Enhanced Management System (GEMS)
         Wildlife Management Area
• Stoney Creek Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Chippewa County:

• Cranberry Lake Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• Drummond Island Grouse Enhanced Management System (GEMS)
         Wildlife Management Area
• Drummond Island Pigeon Cove Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• Drummond Island (reference map)
• Munuscong Wildlife Management Area
• Potagannissing Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Clare County:

• Townline Creek Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• Old Fur Farm Flooding (Floodwood Swamp) Wildlife Management Area
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Clinton County:

• Maple River State Game Area (central portion)
• Muskrat Lake State Game Area
• Portland State Game Area (east portion)
• Rose Lake State Wildlife Area (west portion)
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Crawford County:

• Conner's Marsh Wildlife Management Area
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Delta County:

• Portage Marsh Wildlife Management Area
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Dickinson County:

• Gene's Pond Flooding Wildlife Management Area - retired 2020March03, and now co-managed with other State Forest areas
• Groveland Mine Flooding Wildlife Management Area - retired 2020March03, and now co-managed with other State Forest areas
• Hancock Creek Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• Hardwood Reservoir north Flooding Wildlife Management Area - retired 2020March03, and now co-managed with other State Forest areas
• Lake-36 Flooding Wildlife Management Area - retired 2020March03, and now co-managed with other State Forest areas
• Ralph Grouse Enhanced Management System (GEMS)
         Wildlife Management Area
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Eaton County:

• Charlotte (Eaton Township) State Game Area
• Lake Interstate State Game Area
• Tamarack Lake (Sunfield Township) State Game Area
• Windsor Township State Game Area (near State Secondary Complex)

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Emmet County:

• French Farm Lake Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• O'Neal Lake Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Genesee County: has no specific wildlife/game areas;
      This county has no State Forests, State Parks, or State Recreation Areas.

 

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Gladwin County:

• Bentley Marsh Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• Gladwin State Game Area
• Gladwin Wildlife/Game Unit & Gladwin Dog Field Trial Area of Gladwin State Forests
• Lame Duck Grouse Enhanced Management System (GEMS)
         Wildlife Management Area
        (Note: at south end, includes both
              Molasses River Flooding Number 1 Wildlife Management Area and
              Molasses River Flooding Number 2 Wildlife Management Area).
• Molasses River Flooding Number 1 Wildlife Management Area
• Molasses River Flooding Number 2 Wildlife Management Area
• Molasses River Flooding Number 3 Wildlife Management Area
• Note: Molasses River Flooding Number 4 does not exist (never finalized)
• Molasses River Flooding Number 5 Wildlife Management Area
• This county includes State Forests

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Gogebic County:

• Blue Bill Creek Grouse Enhanced Management System (GEMS)
         Wildlife Management Area
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Grand Traverse County:

• Headquarters Lake Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• Lake DuBonnet Flooding Wildlife Management Area - retired 2018Dec.12, and now co-managed with other State Forest areas
• Petobego State Game Area (southern portion; majority)
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Gratiot County:

• Gratiot-Saginaw State Game Area (west portion)
• Maple River State Game Area (north/eastern portion)
• Maple-River - Gratiot-Saginaw Connector State Game Area

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Hillsdale County:

• Adams Township State Game Area
• Lost Nation State Game Area
• Somerset State Game Area

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Houghton County:

• Pike Lake Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• Sturgeon River Sloughs Wildlife Management Area (northern portion)
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Huron County:

• Brookfield Township No.1 State Game Area
• Brookfield Township No.2 State Game Area
• Gagetown State Game Area (northern portion; majority)
• Oliver Township State Game Area
• Rush Lake State Game Area
• Verona State Game Area
• Wildfowl Bay State Wildlife Area
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Ingham County:

• Dansville State Game Area
• Grand River Gale Road State Game Area
• This county includes State Park & Recreation Areas

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Ionia County:

• Flat River State Game Area (southern portion)
• Grand River State Game Area
• Maple River State Game Area (western portion)
• Portland State Game Area (western portion; majority)
• Saranac-Lowell State Game Area (eastern portion)
• This county includes State Park & Recreation Areas

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Iosco County: has no specific wildlife/game areas;
      This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Iron County:

• Deer River Flooding Wildlife Management Area - retired 2020March03, and now co-managed with other State Forest areas
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Isabella County:

• Edmore State Game Area (northern portion)
• This county includes State Forests

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Jackson County:

• Grass Lake State Game Area
• Malan Waterfowl Production Area
• Schlee Waterfowl Production Area
• Sharonville State Game Area (west portion; majority)
• Waterloo Game Unit (west portion; majority) of Waterloo State Recreation Area
• This county includes State Park & Recreation Areas

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Kalamazoo County:

• Augusta Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area
• Fulton State Game Area
• Gourdneck State Game Area
• This county includes State Park & Recreation Areas

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Kalkaska County:

• Addis Creek Flooding Wildlife Management Area (northern portion)
• Grass Lake Marsh Flooding Wildlife Management Area (northern portion)
• Goose Creek Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• Skegemog Lake Wildlife Management Area (or Wildlife Unit)
  of Pere Marquette State Forests
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Kent County:

• Cannonsburg State Game Area
• Rogue River State Game Area
• Saranac-Lowell State Game Area (western portion)
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Keweenaw County: no specific wildlife/game areas;
      This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Lake County:

• Little Widewaters Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• This county includes State Forests

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Lapeer County:

• Lapeer State Game Area
• This county includes State Park & Recreation Areas

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Leelanau County:

• Beaver Islands State Wildlife Research Area
  which is composed of two major units:
  Fox Islands Group of Beaver Islands State Wildlife Research Area (Leelanau County portion)
  Beaver Island Group of Beaver Islands State Wildlife Research Area (Charlevoix County portion)
• Manitou Islands (North and South) portion of
  Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Park) - a Federal cooperator area
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Lenawee County:

• Onsted State Game Area
• Schoonover Waterfowl Production Area
• This county includes State Park & Recreation Areas

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Livingston County:

• Gregory State Game Area
• Hillcrest State Game Area
• Oak Grove State Game Area
• Unadilla State Wildlife Area (northern/northwestern portion; majority)
• This county includes State Park & Recreation Areas

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Luce County:

• Blind Sucker River Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• Dollarville Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Mackinac County:

• Black Creek Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• Strickler Grouse Enhanced Management System (GEMS)
         Wildlife Management Area
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Macomb County:

• Chesterfield Township State Game Area
• Salt River Marsh State Wildlife Area
• This county includes State Park & Recreation Areas

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Manistee County:

• Manistee River State Game Area
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Marquette County:

• Lake LaVasseur Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• Sand River / Jeske Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• South Marquette Grouse Enhanced Management System (GEMS)
         Wildlife Management Area
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Mason County:

• Pere Marquette State Game Area
• This county includes State Park & Recreation Areas

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Mecosta County:

• Haymarsh Lake State Game Area
• Martiny Lake State Game Area
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Menominee County:

• Hayward Lake to North Lake Floodings Wildlife Management Area
• Peterson Pond Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Midland County:

• Bluff Creek / US-10 / M-18 Floodings Wildlife Management Area
• Kawkawlin Creek Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• This county includes State Forests

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Missaukee County:

• Addis Creek Flooding Wildlife Management Area (southern portion; majority)
• Cannon Creek Floodings Number 1 Wildlife Management Area
• Cannon Creek Flooding No.2 Wildlife Management Area - retired 2019March26, and now co-managed with other State Forest areas
• Dead Stream Flooding Wildlife Management Area (western portion)
• Grass Lake Marsh Flooding Wildlife Management Area (southern portion; majority)
• Houghton Lake State Wildlife Research Area (western portion)
• Osceola-Missaukee Grasslands Lake State Game Area (north/northeastern portions)
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Monroe County:

• Erie State Game Area
• Petersburg State Game Area
• Pointe Aux Peaux State Wildlife Area
• Pointe Mouillee State Game Area (southern portion; majority)
• This county includes State Park & Recreation Areas

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Montcalm County:

• Edmore State Game Area (southern portion; majority)
• Flat River State Game Area (northern portion; majority)
• Langston State Game Area
• Stanton State Game Area
• Vestaburg State Game Area
• This county includes State Park & Recreation Areas

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Montmorency County:

• Rainy River Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• Sage Lakes Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• Sportsman's Lake Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• Tomahawk Creek Flooding Wildlife Management Area (southern portion; majority)
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Muskegon County:

• Muskegon State Game Area (western/southwestern portion; majority)
• Muskegon County Wastewater Management System Special Wildlife Management Area
  (a County cooperator during managed waterfowl hunt seasons)
• This county includes State Park & Recreation Areas

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Newaygo County:

• Muskegon State Game Area (eastern/northeastern portion)
• This county includes
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Oakland County:

• Davisburg State Wildlife Area
• Holly Game Unit of Holly State Recreation Area
• Horseshoe Lake State Game Area
• This county includes State Park & Recreation Areas

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Oceana County:

• Pentwater River State Game Area
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Ogemaw County: has no specific wildlife/game areas;
      This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Ontonagon County: has no specific wildlife/game areas;
      This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Osceola County:

• Osceola-Missaukee Grasslands Lake State Game Area (north/northeastern portions)
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Oscoda County: has no specific wildlife/game areas;
      This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Otsego County: has no specific wildlife/game areas;
      This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Ottawa County:

• Bakale Wildlife Unit of Bass River State Recreation Area
• Blendon Township State Game Area
• Grand Haven State Game Area
• Olive Township State Game Area
• Note: the old area description of Ottawa County State Game Area is really
  the two dedicated areas of Blendon Township SGA and Olive Township SGA
• This county includes State Park & Recreation Areas

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Presque Isle County:

• Tomahawk Creek Flooding Wildlife Management Area (northern portion)
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Roscommon County:

• Backus Creek State Game Area
• Backus Lake Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• Bear Creek Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• Dead Stream Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• Denton Creek Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• Houghton Lake State Wildlife Research Area
• Houghton Lake Flats North Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• Houghton Lake Flats South Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• Marsh Creek / Beaver Lake Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• Robinson Creek Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Saginaw County:

• Crow Island State Game Area (southern portion; majority)
• Gratiot-Saginaw State Game Area (eastern portion)
• Shiawassee River State Game Area

• This county includes State Park & Recreation Areas

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St. Clair County:

• Port Huron State Game Area
• St. Clair Flats State Wildlife Area (includes Harsens Island)
• St. Clair Township State Game Area
• St. Johns Marsh State Wildlife Area
• This county includes State Park & Recreation Areas

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St. Joseph County:

• Fabius Lake State Game Area
• Leidy Lake State Game Area
• Spring Creek State Game Area
• Three Rivers State Game Area (eastern portion)

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Sanilac County:

• Cass City State Game Area (eastern portion)
• Flynn State Game Area
• Minden City State Game Area
• Sandusky State Game Area
• Sanilac State Game Area
• This county includes State Park & Recreation Areas

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Schoolcraft County:

• Bullock Ranch Wildlife Management Area - retired 2020March03, and now co-managed with other State Forest areas
• Little Fox River Flooding / Stanley Lake Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas

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Shiawassee County:

• Rose Lake State Wildlife Area (eastern portion)
• This county includes State Park & Recreation Areas

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Tuscola County:

• Almer Township State Game Area
• Cass City State Game Area (western portion; majority)
• Clark Lake State Game Area
• Columbia Township State Game Area
• Deford State Game Area
• Denmark Township State Game Area
• Elmwood Township State Game Area
• Fish Point State Wildlife Area
• Gagetown State Game Area (southern portion; majority)
• Murphy Lake State Game Area
• Quanicassee State Wildlife Area (eastern portion)
• Tuscola State Game Area
• Vassar State Game Area
• This county includes State Park & Recreation Areas

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Van Buren County:

• Cornish State Game Area
• Fuller Woods State Game Area
• Keeler State Game Area
• Kinney Waterfowl Production Area
• This county includes State Park & Recreation Areas

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Washtenaw County:

• Chelsea State Game Area
• Goose Lake State Game Area
• Sharonville State Game Area (east portion)
• Waterloo Game Unit (east portion) of Waterloo State Recreation Area
• Unadilla State Wildlife Area (southern/southwestern portion)
• This county includes State Park & Recreation Areas

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Wayne County:

• Brownstown Prairie State Wildlife Area
• Pointe Mouillee State Game Area
• This county includes State Park & Recreation Areas

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Wexford County: has no specific wildlife/game areas;
      This county includes State Forests and State Park & Recreation Areas