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MI 3. Dead Stream Swamp. Acreage: 20,000 estimated. 



Location: Missauke and Roscommon counties; Houghton Lake Quadrangle; 

 q NW of Houghton Lake; accessible by boat only. 



Description: Largely untouched and second-growth cedar swamp, with 

 thousands of acres of wildlife cover and habitat. Important for migrating water- 

 fowl; Osprey nesting; Bald Eagles and Sandhill Cranes have been seen. Deer are 

 abundant and bear present. 



Encroachments: Protected to some extent by the state. The Michigan Natural 

 Areas Council considers that this area needs further protection. 



Data source: Ronald O. Kapp, Biology Department, Alma College, Alma, Mich. 

 48801. 



Other knowledgeable persons: Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 

 Field Office, Houghton Lake, Mich. 48629, Attention of Dr. Duvendeck; Mr. 

 Joseph Swan, 512 Hill St., Ann Arbor, Mich. 48404. 



