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Big Bay, MI 49808
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Endangered Species
Kirtland's Warbler: In 2006, birders spotted a lone male warbler on the Yellow Dog Plains and identified it as this federally listed endangered species. The Kirtland's Warbler are extremely rare throughout the world and only about 1,400 remain primarily in 10 Michigan counties. The bird is 5-6 inches in length and has a gray back with black streaks on a yellow breast. They habitate mostly in young jack pine forest during the summer, then migrate to the Bahamas for the winter. The lone male was confirmed and attempts at bird surveys have been made to confirm a nesting pair. No surveys have produced such sightings as of yet. Further surveys will be conducted in the future, however.
Lone Male Singing in Jack Pine
Coaster Brook Trout: Although no coasters have been found in the Yellow Dog River, the adjacent watershed for the Salmon-Trout River has yielded results that prove the fish to not only reside but to spawn in this river system. The spawning areas are so limited for the coasters that this river is known as the only area on the south shore of Lake Superior where they naturally reproduce. Other rivers provide spawning opportunities with assistance from the MDNR. Some issues have come unto fire such as if the coaster is actually a separate species or not. Phenotypically, it is unsure and universities and U.S. Fish and Wildlife are doing research to make this determination. The coaster does have different behaviors and appearance than river brook trout. Currently, work is still being done to determine if it is a separate species. Read legal update on the Coaster Brook Trout ruling. If it is found to be so, steps will be made to include the coaster as a federally listed endangered species.
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