The Conservation Registry

This Demonstration Area represents the only prescribed fire used at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Kirtland's Warbler Wildlife Management Area (KWWMA). This nearly 80-acre prescribed fire in Oscoda Co., Michigan occurred during the 1992 field season and was the result of cooperative effort between the Michigan DNR and the staff of Seney National Wildlife Refuge. The site demonstrates the difference between patterns of fire in jack pine forests and the patterns of plantations made for Kirtland's Warbler habitat (surrounding area, figure below).

Primary motivations:

Conservation Mission

Jack Pine Ecosystem Management, Endangered Species

Consistent with plans:

Federal Land Management Plan

KWWMA Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP)

Targeted habitats:

• Forests and Woodlands
  • Conifer Forests
    • Laurentian Jack Pine-Red Pine Forest

Targeted species:

• Kirtland's Warbler Dendroica kirtlandii

Is the success of this project's actions being monitored?   Yes

Please describe your monitoring activity.

Warbler singing male counts are conducted each year