MANISTEE RIVER WATESHED马尼斯蒂河流域.docVIP

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Upper Manistee Citizens Advisory Group spent nearly three years in monthly meetings helping the DNR develop this draft Natural River Plan for the Upper Manistee River system. DNR would like to thank all the group members for the time and effort they put into this planning process. Following is a list of citizens who were active members of an Upper Manistee River Citizens Advisory Group at some time during the planning process (bold type indicates an active member at the time of the most recent Advisory Group meeting). It should be noted that not all Advisory Group members agreed with all of the recommendations in this plan. Upper Manistee River Citizens Advisory Group Brian Anderson, Robert Anderson, Brooke Bennett, Donna Birgy, Ann Blakely, Charles Brunett, Margaret Custer, Bill Devlin, Robert Everin, Ben Eynon, Kelly Galloup, Jack Hagerman, Drew Hinderer, James Hines, James Houston, Brian Hulbert, Joe Kutkuhn, Richard Matley, George Nice, Edgar Parks, Kate Petrella, Tony Petrella, James Powers, Norman Raab, Robert Roodvoets, Bea Sherman, Hollis Thomas, Tom Weber. Tom Rozich of Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ Fisheries Division was the primary author of Fisheries Division’s Manistee River Assessment. Much of the background watershed information in this document was gathered from that document. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page List of Tables iv Introduction 1 I. UPPER MANISTEE RIVER WATERSHED 2 A. The Watershed 2 B. Climate 2 C. Transportation and Area Government 2 D. Geological History 3 E. Historical Human Influences 3 F. Biological Communities 7 1. Original Fish Communities 7 2. Present Fish Communities 8 3. Mammals 9 4. Birds 9 5. Amphibians and Reptiles 9 6. Aquatic Invertebrates 9 7. Pest Species 10 G. Hydrology and Channel Morphology 11 1. Annual Stream Flow 11 2. Seasona