List of Michigan state game and wildlife areas


The following is a list of Michigan state game and wildlife areas found throughout the U.S. state of Michigan. The state has a system of publicly owned lands managed primarily for wildlife conservation, wildlife observation, recreational activities, and hunting. Some areas provide opportunities for camping, hiking, cross-country skiing, fishing, bird watching, bicycling, boating, and off-road vehicle trails. Activities, as well as rules and regulations, vary among individual areas.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources oversees the properties through subdivisions including the Forestry Division, Parks and Recreation Division, Grouse Enhanced Management System, and the Wildlife Division. Local municipalities may also enforce their own rules and regulations, and some portions may be private property. Some units are managed cooperatively on the national level with the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, or U.S. Forest Service. Depending on their purpose, the units are divided into four categories: state game areas, state wildlife management areas, state wildlife areas, and state wildlife research areas. GEMS and designated waterfowl production areas are categorized as state wildlife management areas.
There are a total of 211 distinct units, which account for a total approximate land area of or. Some units encompass very large areas, with the largest being the Allegan State Game Area at or. The smallest unit is the Mud Creek Flooding State Wildlife Management Area at only.

List

NameCountyCoordinatesArea
Adams Township State Game AreaHillsdale
Addis Creek Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaKalkaska
Missaukee
Allegan State Game AreaAllegan
Almer Township State Game AreaTuscola
Au Train Basin State Waterfowl Management AreaAlger
Backus Creek State Game AreaRoscommon
Bakale Wildlife Unit of Bass River State Recreation AreaOttawa
Baraga Plains State Waterfowl Management AreaBaraga
Barker Creek State Wildlife Management AreaCrawford
Barry State Game AreaBarry
Bear Creek Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaRoscommon
Beaver Islands State Wildlife Research AreaCharlevoix
Leelanau
Bentley Marsh Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaGladwin
Betsie River State Game AreaBenzie
Bill Rollo Memorial Grouse Enhanced Management SystemMarquette
Black Creek Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaMackinac
Blendon Township State Game AreaOttawa
Blind Sucker River Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaLuce
Blomgren's Marsh Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaDickinson
Blue Bill Creek Grouse Enhanced Management SystemGogebic
Bluff Creek / US-10 / M-18 Floodings
State Wildlife Management Area		Midland
Boyle Lake State Wildlife AreaBerrien
Brookfield Township No. 1 State Game AreaHuron
Brookfield Township No. 2 State Game AreaHuron
Brownstown Prairie State Wildlife AreaWayne
Bullock Ranch State Wildlife Management AreaSchoolcraft
Cannon Creek Flooding No. 1 State Wildlife Management AreaMissaukee
Cannon Creek Flooding No. 2 State Wildlife Management AreaMissaukee
Cannonsburg State Game AreaKent
Cass City State Game AreaSanilac
Tuscola
Cedar River Grouse Enhanced Management SystemsMenominee
Charlotte State Game AreaEaton
Chelsea State Game AreaWashtenaw
Chesterfield Township State Game AreaMacomb
Clark Lake State Game AreaTuscola
Columbia Township State Game AreaTuscola
Conner's Marsh Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaCrawford
Cornish State Game AreaVan Buren
Cranberry Lake State Wildlife Management AreaChippewa
Crane Pond State Game AreaCass
Crow Island State Game AreaBay
Saginaw
Cusino State Wildlife Research AreaAlger
Dansville State Game AreaIngham
Davisburg State Wildlife AreaOakland
Dead Stream Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaMissaukee
Roscommon
Deadman Swamp State Wildlife Management AreaSt. Clair
Deer River Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaIron
Deford State Game AreaSanilac
Tuscola
Denmark Township State Game AreaTuscola
Denton Creek Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaRoscommon
Devil's Lake / River Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaAlpena
Dingman Marsh Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaCheboygan
Dog Lake Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaCheboygan
Dollarville Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaLuce
Drummond Island Grouse Enhanced Management SystemChippewa
Drummond Island Pigeon Cove Flooding
State Wildlife Management Area		Chippewa
Edgar Waterfowl Production AreaBarry
Edmore State Game AreaIsabella
Montcalm
Elmwood Township State Game AreaTuscola
Erie State Game AreaMonroe
Fabius State Game AreaSt. Joseph
Felch Mountain State Wildlife Management AreaDickinson
Fish Point State Wildlife AreaTuscola
Flat River State Game AreaIonia
Montcalm
Flynn Township State Game AreaSanilac
Fraser Township No. 1 State Game AreaBay
Fraser Township No. 2 State Game AreaBay
French Farm Lake Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaEmmet
Friday State Wildlife Management AreaLuce
Fuller Woods State Game AreaVan Buren
Fulton State Game AreaKalamazoo
Gagetown State Game AreaHuron
Tuscola
Garden Grade Grouse Enhanced Management SystemsDelta
Schoolcraft
Gene's Pond State Wildlife Management AreaDickinson
Gladwin State Game AreaGladwin
Gladwin Field Trial Area and Gladwin Wildlife Unit
of the Gladwin Area State Forest		Gladwin
Gold Mine Grouse Enhanced Management SystemsIron
Goose Creek Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaKalkaska
Goose Lake State Game AreaWashtenaw
Gordon E. Guyer–Augusta Creek State Wildlife AreaKalamazoo
Gourdneck State Game AreaKalamazoo
Grand Haven State Game AreaOttawa
Grand River State Game AreaIonia
Grand River Gale Road State Game AreaIngham
Grass Lake Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaBenzie
Grass Lake Marsh Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaKalkaska
Missaukee
Grass Lake State Game AreaJackson
Gratiot–Saginaw State Game AreaGratiot
Saginaw
Greasy Creek Grouse Enhanced Management SystemsMontmorency
Gregory State Game AreaLivingston
Groveland Mine State Wildlife Management AreaDickinson
Halifax Grouse Enhanced Management SystemsLuce
Hancock Creek Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaDickinson
Hardwood Reservoir State Wildlife Management AreaDickinson
Haymarsh Lake State Game AreaMecosta
Hayward Lake to North Lake Flooding
State Wildlife Management Area		Menominee
Hazel Swamp Grouse Enhanced Management SystemsHoughton
Headquarters Lake Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaGrand Traverse
Hillcrest State Game AreaLivingston
Holly Wildlife Unit of Holly State Recreation AreaOakland
Horseshoe Lake State Game AreaOakland
Houghton Lake Flats North Flooding
State Wildlife Management Area		Roscommon
Houghton Lake Flats South Flooding
State Wildlife Management Area		Roscommon
Houghton Lake State Wildlife Research AreaMissaukee
Roscommon
Hubbard Lake State Game AreaAlcona
Kawkawlin Creek Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaMidland
Keeler State Game AreaVan Buren
Kinney Waterfowl Production AreaVan Buren
Lake–36 State Wildlife Management AreaDickinson
Lake DuBonnet Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaGrand Traverse
Lake Interstate State Game AreaEaton
Lake LaVasseur Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaMarquette
Lame Duck Area Grouse Enhanced Management SystemGladwin
Langston State Game AreaMontcalm
Lapeer State Game AreaLapeer
Lee Grande Ranch Grouse Enhanced Management SystemCheboygan
Leidy Lake State Game AreaSt. Joseph
Little Betsie Grouse Enhanced Management SystemsBenzie
Little Fox River Flooding / Stanley Lake Flooding
State Wildlife Management Area		Schoolcraft
Little Widewaters Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaLake
Lost Nation State Game AreaHillsdale
Malan Waterfowl Production AreaJackson
Manistee River State Game AreaManistee
Manitou Island GroupLeelanau
Maple River State Game AreaClinton
Gratiot
Ionia
Maple–River / Gratiot–Saginaw Connector State Game AreaGratiot
Mark Knee Memorial Grouse Enhanced Management SystemsOsceola
Marsh Creek / Beaver Lake Flooding
State Wildlife Management Area		Roscommon
Martiny Lake State Game AreaMecosta
Melstrand Grouse Enhanced Management SystemsAlger
Middleville State Game AreaBarry
Minden City State Game AreaSanilac
Molasses River Flooding No. 1 State Wildlife Management AreaGladwin
Molasses River Flooding No. 2 State Wildlife Management AreaGladwin
Molasses River Flooding No. 3 State Wildlife Management AreaGladwin
Molasses River Flooding No. 5 State Wildlife Management AreaGladwin
Mosinee Grouse Enhanced Management SystemsGogebic
Mud Creek Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaCheboygan
Munuscong State Wildlife Management AreaChippewa
Murphy Lake State Game AreaTuscola
Muskegon State Game AreaMuskegon
Newaygo
Muskegon County Wastewater Management SystemMuskegon
Muskrat Lake State Game AreaClinton
Nayanquing Point State Wildlife AreaBay
Nestoria Creek Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaBaraga
Net River Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaBaraga
Oak Grove State Game AreaLivingston
Old Fur Farm Flooding
State Wildlife Management Area		Clare
Olive Township State Game AreaOttawa
Oliver Township State Game AreaHuron
O'Neal Lake Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaEmmet
Onsted State Game AreaLenawee
Osceola–Missaukee Grasslands State Game AreaMissaukee
Osceola
Pentwater River State Game AreaOceana
Pere Marquette State Game AreaMason
Petersburg State Game AreaMonroe
Peterson Pond Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaMenominee
Petobego State Game AreaAntrim
Grand Traverse
Pike Lake Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaHoughton
Pinconning Township State Game AreaBay
Pointe Aux Peaux State Wildlife AreaMonroe
Pointe Mouillee State Game AreaMonroe
Wayne
Port Huron State Game AreaSt. Clair
Portage Marsh State Wildlife Management AreaDelta
Portland State Game AreaClinton
Ionia
Potagannissing Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaChippewa
Quanicassee State Wildlife AreaBay
Tuscola
Rainy River Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaMontmorency
Ralph Grouse Enhanced Management SystemDickinson
Robinson Creek Floodings State Wildlife Management AreaRoscommon
Rogue River State Game AreaKent
Rose Lake State Wildlife AreaClinton
Shiawassee
Rush Lake State Game AreaHuron
Russell Lake / Lake St. Helen State Wildlife Management AreaRoscommon
Sage Lakes Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaMontmorency
Salt River Marsh State Wildlife AreaMacomb
Sand River / Jeske Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaMarquette
Sandusky State Game AreaSanilac
Sanilac State Game AreaSanilac
Saranac–Lowell State Game AreaKent
Ionia
Schlee Waterfowl Production AreaJackson
Schoonover Waterfowl Production AreaLenawee
Sharonville State Game AreaJackson
Washtenaw
Shiawassee River State Game AreaSaginaw
Skegemog Lake Wildlife Unit of Pere Marquette State ForestAntrim
Kalkaska
Somerset State Game AreaHillsdale
Sportsman's Pond Flooding
State Wildlife Management Area		Montmorency
Spring Creek State Game AreaSt. Joseph
St. Clair Flats State Wildlife AreaSt. Clair
St. Clair Township State Game AreaMacomb
St. John's Marsh State Wildlife AreaSt. Clair
Stanton State Game AreaMontcalm
Stoney Creek Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaCheboygan
Strickler Grouse Enhanced Management SystemMackinac
Sturgeon River Sloughs State Wildlife Management AreaBaraga
Houghton
Tamarack Lake State Game AreaEaton
Three Rivers State Game AreaCass
St. Joseph
Tobico Marsh Wildlife Unit of Bay City Recreation AreaBay
Tomahawk Creek Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaPresque Isle
Townline Creek Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaClare
Roscommon
Tuscola State Game AreaTuscola
Unadilla State Wildlife AreaLivingston
Washtenaw
Vassar State Game AreaTuscola
Verona State Game AreaHuron
Vestaburg State Game AreaMontaclm
Waterloo Wildlife Unit of Waterloo State Recreation AreaJackson
Washtenaw
Webster Lake State Game AreaBerrien
Wigwam Bay State Wildlife AreaArenac
Wildfowl Bay State Wildlife AreaHuron
Windsor Township State Game AreaEaton
Wraco Lodge Lake Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaRoscommon