Wisconsin Islands Wilderness
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United States Fish & Wildlife Service |
The Wisconsin Islands Wilderness is a 29-acre (12 ha)U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the wilderness area is composed of three islands in Lake Michigan.
History
The islands comprising the Wisconsin Islands Wilderness were initially declared a
U.S. Coast Guard presence, even as late as 2007.[2] However, Spider, Hog, and Gravel Islands have always remained uninhabited in the post-settlement era. In 1970, these three islands were designated a wilderness area under the Wilderness Act
.
Description
The Wisconsin Islands Wilderness is managed by the
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and is composed of three islands in Lake Michigan
:
- Spider Island, off the eastern coast of the tip of the Door Peninsula near Newport State Park. At 23 acres (9.3 ha), it is the largest of the three islands. Spider Island is also designated as part of Gravel Island National Wildlife Refuge.
- Gravel Island, a four-acre (1.6 ha) island also off the eastern coast of the Door Peninsula, near Europe Bay, and the source of the name for the Gravel Island National Wildlife Refuge.
- Hog Island, a two-acre (0.81 ha) island off the eastern coast of Washington Island, across the Porte des Morts from the Door Peninsula. Hog Island is in the Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
The three islands are largely
tamarack
forest remains on Spider Island, after having succumbed to thousands of nesting birds. There is no known vegetation on Gravel Island.
The nesting grounds of the islands support many types of
great blue herons
can be found on Hog Island.
Contrary to the original plan when the Wilderness Area was founded,Michigan Islands Wilderness, five of them would be open to the general public.[3]
See also
- List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
References
- ^ Wisconsin Islands Wilderness: Introduction, Wilderness.net, Retrieved May 4, 2022
- ^ a b Profile: Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge, fws.gov, (Archived December 2, 2013)
- ^ a b Designation of Wilderness Areas: Hearings Before the Subcommittees on Public Lands and National Parks and Recreation of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, 1970, page 243
- ^ [https://web.archive.org/web/20130330114341/http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=32521 Gravel Island National Wildlife Refuge], fws.gov', (Archived March 30, 2013)
External links
- Gravel Island National Wildlife Refuge - United States Fish and Wildlife Service
- Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge - United States Fish and Wildlife Service
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