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TRAVERSE CITY FOREST MANAGEMENT UNIT

COMPARTMENT REVIEW PRESENTATION

COMPARTMENT # 015 ENTRY YEAR: 2004

Compartment Acreage: 1168 County: Benzie Revision Date: 2/06/2008 Stand Examiner: Robert A. Walters, Timothy L. Webb Updated by Patrick L. Potter for the Red Pine Project Legal Description: T26N - R14W - Sections 22, 23, 24, 26, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36 Management Goals: The main goal of the Red Pine Project is to adjust and balancing the red pine cover-type age-class distribution by harvesting red pine timber stands in the 40-79 year age-classes and regenerating areas to red pine. Mixed Use as defined by the RMU Soil and Topography: Sections 26, 35, and 36 are flat. Sections 22, 23 and 24 have steep slopes along the Platte River and Carter Creek. Sections 31, 32, and 33 are mostly flat with small areas that are slightly rolling. Ownership Patterns, Development, and Land Use in and Around the Compartment: This compartment is one of the most fragmented compartments on the Forest. To the east and south lie blocks of dense State ownership. Within two miles to the north lies another area of dense State ownership. Property to the west is private with the towns of Benzonia and Beulah within two miles of the west edge of the compartment. Development in the area consists mostly of individual homes on larger acreages. Many are set back some distance from main roads. Recreational parcels are becoming more apparent with the placement of trailers/campers appearing on them. Unique, Natural Features: The Platte River and Carter Creek flow through the compartment. Archeological, Historical, and Cultural Features : This compartment was once the site of the town of Carter's Siding. The town resulted from the building of the Desmond Chemical Company which produced turpentine, alcohol, tannic acid, pitch and charcoal.

*** REVIEWED COPY *** Special Management Designations or Considerations: The Resource Management Unit designation for the compartment is Mixed Use. The Betsie Valley Trail passes through the compartment on the rail bed that was once the Ann Arbor Railroad. Watershed and Fisheries Considerations: The Platte River and one of its primary tributaries, Carter Creek, flow through Compartment 15. Both are Designated Trout Streams. The Platte River and Carter Creek support naturally reproducing populations of brown trout and rainbow trout (steelhead). A decent buffer should be left in Stand 17 near Carter Creek in order to discourage beaver colonization. Small streams like the Carter Creek are very susceptible to damming and degradation (warmer water, blocked fish passage, sedimentation, etc.) from beaver activity. Fisheries Division supports designating Stands in the riparian corridors of the Platte River and Carter Creek as Old Growth. Wildlife Habitat Considerations: State lands in this compartment fall within a broad, flat outwash plain (LTA 5111), characterized by flat terrain and well drained sandy soils. Presettlement forests were typified by beech-maple and pine forests over much of the landscape. Periodic large-scale fires were the major driving force for cover type change. The highly fragmented state ownership and history of land use have left a rather fragmented and altered habitat configuration. Thinning of pine and spruce plantations will promote some within-stand age and species diversity which will benefit wildlife. Regenerating some aspen stands will create early successional forest cover, consistent with natural fire dynamics, as long as timber sales incorporate leave trees (particularly conifers and beech), snags, and woody debris. These practices will benefit pine warbler, red squirrel, deer, ruffed grouse, hog-nosed snake, broad-winged hawk and other species native to the diverse forests of outwash plains. Other stands should be maintained in or allowed to succeed to hardwood types. Some maintenance of existing openings is also desirable, but additional opening creation is not necessary. Maintenance of natural white pine will help retain an important conifer component in the landscape (e.g. stands 38, 79, 63). Parcels in the sections 22, 23 and 24 mostly lie northeast of water courses and a moraine landscape, both of which have afforded some protection from wildfires. Consequently, these parcels are best managed for later successional types and important riparian cover. Depending on the future direction of the department old growth program, certain stands might be good old growth candidates, especially stand 8. Any harvests in this part of the compartment should be small and retain lots of residuals, mimicking blowdown (e.g. stand 17). Stands adjacent to Platte River and Carter Creek may provide habitat for the state-threatened red-shouldered hawk. Mineral Resource and Development Concerns and/or Restrictions: Surface sediments consist of glacial outwash sand and gravel and postglacial alluvium. Glacial drift thickness varies between 400 and 800 feet. Beneath the glacial drift is the Devonian Ellsworth Shale. The Ellsworth is used for cement. A gravel pit is located in Section 28. There may be some gravel potential in the compartment. This area is located northwest of the current Antrim Shale gas play. Some of the sections are leased for oil and gas development. The Antrim Shale appears to have potential. The State owns additional mineral rights in the compartment. Vehicle Access: There is a minor concern with vehicles crossing the BVT by traveling north, from Aylsworth road, through section 32. This trail road could be blocked at some point after proposed timber sales in the area are completed. Survey Needs: None is needed for this ten year entry period. As the land becomes more parceled more private corners are appearing. Recreational Facilities and Opportunities: The Platte River State Forest campground and the adjacent Platte Springs Pathway lie within the compartment. The Platte River is used by canoers and fishermen. Carter Creek is also used by fishermen. There are also general hunting activities and berry picking. With the advent of the Betsie Valley Trail there is now year-round trail use. Fire Protection: No new roads needed at this time.

*** REVIEWED COPY *** Additional Compartment Information: Recommended land transferals: SW ¼ NE ¼ section 35 is only accessible across private land. This parcel could be sold, or preferably exchanged with the neighbor to the east if possible. The 19 acre parcel in the SW ¼ NE ¼ section 26 and the S ½ SE ¼ of the same section are isolated parcels of state land abutting numerous private parcels and could be disposed. **** Cover type details, proposed treatments and stands designated as FDF are listed in the attached reports: Cover Type by Age Class Cover Type by Management Objective Compartment Volume Summary Proposed Treatments – No Limiting Factors Proposed Treatments – With Limiting Factors **** The following information is displayed on the attached compartment maps: Base feature information, stand numbers, cover types Proposed treatments Proposed road access system Suggested potential old growth

StandCoverType Acres Age

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TRAVERSE CITY FOREST MGT UNIT Compartment: 15* RED PINE PROJECT * PROPOSED TREATMENTS

Entry Year: 2004

33 R6 42 53 55 immature final harvest 1 plantingred pine

THIRD ROW THIN (1992). Stand thinned under TSC 31-94. Stand is quite open, many skips. Light Red pine regen. 1/8/08: final harvest and replant to red pine. WLD- I concur with the recommendations.

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Compartment 15T26N, R14W, Sec. 22-24, 26, 31-33, 35, 36County: BenzieUnit: Traverse CityYOE: 2004Acres: 1,168 GIS CalculatedStand Examiner: David LemmienMap Revised: 1/11/2008Map Phase: Pre-Review

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Compartment 15T26N, R14W, Sec. 22-24, 26, 31-33, 35, 36County: BenzieUnit: Traverse CityYOE: 2004Acres: 1,168 GIS CalculatedStand Examiner: David LemmienMap Revised: 1/11/2008Map Phase: Pre-Review

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Compartment 15T26N, R14W, Sec. 22-24, 26, 31-33, 35, 36County: BenzieUnit: Traverse CityYOE: 2004Acres: 1,168 GIS CalculatedStand Examiner: David LemmienMap Revised: 1/11/2008Map Phase: Pre-Review