Michigan Wetland Management District facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Michigan Wetland Management District |
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IUCN Category Ib (Wilderness Area)
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 Michigan Wetland Management District
Location in the United States
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| Location | Portions of 14 counties of the southern Lower Peninsula of Michigan |
| Nearest city | East Lansing (management offices) |
| Governing body | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Website | Michigan Wetland Management District |
The Michigan Wetland Management District consists of a 14-county area and includes three waterfowl production areas (WPAs): the 160-acre (0.65 km2) Schlee WPA and the 138-acre (0.56 km2) Mahan WPA in Jackson County and the 77-acre (310,000 m2) Kinney WPA in Van Buren County. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Division, oversees day-to-day management of these three areas through a partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Michigan has a fourth WPA, the 95-acre (380,000 m2) Schoonover WPA, in Lenawee County. Staff of the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge, located east of Toledo, Ohio, manages this WPA. All four sites are managed as a mixture of wetlands and grasslands to provide high-quality nesting and brood-rearing habitat for waterfowl and a variety of migratory songbirds.
