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This page provides important help information and directions
for users of game and wildlife area maps, for areas
administered and/or managed by the DNR Wildlife Division.
These areas include: State Game Areas, State Wildlife Areas,
State Fish and Wildlife Areas, State Wildlife Research Areas,
State Wildlife Management Areas, State Wildlife Properties (undedicated),
and other wildlife lands.
All of these lands are either admininstered by the DNR Wildlife Division,
or co-managed by the DNR Wildlife Division
with another DNR Division or cooperator.
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NOTE: It is your responsibility, as a user of public lands,
to ensure you are informed of all current rules and regulations relevant to your activities.
Ensure you have read the Important landuse-related comments for
game/ wildlife areas
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Help with State Game/Wildlife Area Maps
Helpful directions for a variety of needs, while using the
map index pages and the area map files.
If you need help, review this page for a variety of frequently asked questions on game/wildlife area maps.
If you have accessibility concerns, see the section on
State Game Areas with Universally Accessible Features
for specific areas with access accomodations, such as wheelchair access, etc.
There are areas with special accessible blinds or other features.
Those with vision limitations can use the Adobe Reader zoom functions to make
Help Finding a Game/Wildlife Area Map:
The area maps are provided in a couple search options - such as picking a county off a map,
or selecting a county name from a list, or selecting an area from an alphabetical list.
For either of the list options, either select a letter
from the quick-pick list at the top of the page, or scroll down through the full list.
If you cannot find your area, it may be a sub-unit listed under another
area (for example, South Fox Island is really a subunit of Beaver Island SWRA).
Try using your browser's "find" or "search" option, with a key word in the area name.
Areas are also listed with their county name - you can use your browser's
"find" or "search" option to look for a desired county by name.
Help Opening and Printing a Game/Wildlife Area Map:
Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view/print the area maps (*.PDF file type).
The reader utility is available for free download from
Adobe; and
is easy to download and install (follow the directions provided by Adobe).
All files are approximately 1 megabyte, unless indicated. We've tried to keep
files smaller for home computer users with older modems at slower speeds,
but some required details add to file size.
When you click on the word "map" or select from the list of maps for an area,
a new window should open. Some of the more complicated or detailed maps may
load slowly and the new window may remain blank as the file loads.
Wait for file to completely load and finish drawing before printing.
Area maps are either portrait (tall) or landscape (long) - to print correctly
on standard printers, be sure to set your Adobe Reader "page orientation"
(under print setup or printer properties) to match the page setup and match your printer function.
Print quality depends on your printer and your printer settings, maps files
are created to print at a better quality than they appear on the screen.
You can easily zoom-in to view details or increase the on-screen text size
in these files - use the "magnifying-glass" button in your Adobe Reader software.
This zoom option provides options for readers who need larger text sizes, or
those who may need a visual accomodation and assistance. Our hopes are that
the files provide easy options for users to learn more about Michigan's public lands.
Help with Game/Wildlife Map Information:
Files are as new as possible, with revision dates printed on bottom of each page.
Area maps are updated annually or when required by changes in regulations,
management, or land ownership. A map with an older date (at lower/bottom edge of map)
may still be the most valid map. Local DNR staff may have additional details or
be able to provide specific assistance to help you. Contact the local field office,
as indicated in the listing above, for help with specific questions.
After the new DNR Lands Review Initiative, there are some changes to
area names and the number of areas. For example, the "Mini" Game Area type
no longer exists - they are all State Game Areas, however to assist public
there is a "(mini)" after the area name. Some smaller areas were dedicated and
added to this list - if they do not have a map yet, maps are under development,
but you may contact the local office for more information.
If you are having problems with the provided information about an area,
contact the listed office and ask for assistance - local offices are familiar
with many user needs.
 Designated Watchable Wildlife Sites are found on many area maps. For more information, see the
online
Wildlife Viewing Guide
(http://www.michigan.gov/miwildlifeviewing).
Help Understanding the Differences in the Game/Wildlife Map Types:
The regulations- and landuse- related unit map product is the "Map(gen)" discussed below.
New map types are being added - some areas have more than one type of map.
Goals are to add more types of maps for each area. These map types are:
Unit-Map(official) = general reference map for area (primary map).
This is the main type of map for all areas, and contains road names and point features.
This is the type of map handed out to users at local offices, and all the other map options
are secondary resources provided via the internet connection to the DNR website.
Map(topo) = an optional area map with USGS topographic backdrop, similar to
the standard USGS topographic quadrangle map series which many outdoorist are familiar.
This map type will not have all the reference, road names, and point features
on the offical area map. Topographic map data is available from the geospatial data library,
as GIS layer, via the links off the DNR
Publications and Maps section or from the
Michigan Geographic Data Library website (http://www.michign.gov/cgi).
Map(aerial) = an optional area map with aerial photo/image backdrop (for some large areas we may
be using satellite imagery) which should be familiar to many outdoorists who use aerial photos.
This map type will not have all the reference, road names, and point features on the official area map.
Digital aerial photos are downloadable for free, via the links off the DNR
Publications and Maps section or from the
Michigan Geographic Data Library website (http://www.michign.gov/cgi).
Map(lulc) = an optional area map with landuse/landcover backdrop, in a small range of categories
- which are limited colors/categories, in order to prevent too many colors hampering understanding the specific categories.
This map type will not have all the reference, road names, and point features on the gerenal map.
Landuse/lancover data is available from the geospatial data library, as GIS layer, via the links off the DNR
Publications and Maps section
or from the
Michigan Geographic Data Library website (http://www.michign.gov/cgi).
NEW for fall-winter 2007 -
Interactive-Map = an optional link to an
interactive Map-Michigan
(http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/mapmichigan/ )
map for that specific area has been added,
which provides you a connection to driving-directions and more.
If the map appears odd, you may need to push the refresh for the Map-Michigan window;
performance varies with your internet connection.
Driving directions or routing (such as from your provided address) is easy if you click on the red car
 after the specific area's interactive Map-Michigan window opens.
In addition, you can select different backdrops using regional aerial photos, topographic maps,
elevation details and landuse/ landcover vegetation information for that local area.
Be aware that DNR public land extents will NOT be shown on Map-Michigan display.
If you need additional help using the interactive map Map-Michigan page,
select the "help" option from the upper right corner of the Map-Michigan screen.
Note:
Adobe Acrobat Reader (available free) is required to view and
print area maps which include back text of regulatory -related and landuse -related directions.
For more help using this page or game/wildlife map files, click on
Help with Game/Wildlife Maps (this page)
Files are as new as possible, with revision dates printed on bottom of each page.
See the section on
State Game Areas with Universally Accessible
Features for specific areas with access accomodations, such as wheelchair access, etc.
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