The following list may not include all potential, nominated, pending, identified, or
recognized IBAs within the state as some IBA information may be unavailable for
public viewing.
| # |
Name |
Status |
Priority |
Counties |
|
1.
|
Allegan State Game Area & Kalamazoo River (Galesburg to Saugatuck) |
Recognized |
Global |
Allegan, Kalamazoo
|
|
2.
|
Austin Lake & Upjohn Pond |
Recognized |
State |
Kalamazoo
|
|
3.
|
Baker Sanctuary (Bernard W.) |
Recognized |
State |
Calhoun
|
|
4.
|
Baraga Plains |
Recognized |
State |
Baraga
|
|
5.
|
Barry State Game Area, Yankee Springs Recreation Area & Perry Trust |
Recognized |
Global |
Barry
|
|
6.
|
Bear Island |
Recognized |
State |
Mackinac
|
|
7.
|
Beaver Island beaches (Piping Plover) |
Recognized |
State |
Charlevoix
|
|
8.
|
Beaver Islands Colonial Waterbirds IBA |
Recognized |
State |
Charlevoix
|
|
9.
|
Bellows Island |
Recognized |
State |
Leelanau
|
|
10.
|
Big Sable point beaches (Piping Plover) |
Recognized |
State |
Mason
|
|
11.
|
Brockway Mountain Hawk Watch |
Recognized |
State |
Keweenaw
|
|
12.
|
Cathead Bay beaches (Piping Plover) |
Recognized |
State |
Leelanau
|
|
13.
|
Detroit River |
Recognized |
Global |
Wayne
|
|
14.
|
Flat River State Game Area & Flat River (Keene Twp.) |
Recognized |
State |
Ionia, Montcalm
|
|
15.
|
Fort Custer Training Center and Recreation Area |
Recognized |
Global |
Kalamazoo
|
|
16.
|
Galien River/Warren Woods |
Recognized |
State |
Berrien
|
|
17.
|
Gladwin Lake Plain |
Recognized |
State |
Arenac, Clare, Gladwin, Isabella, Midland, Ogemaw
|
|
18.
|
Grand Marais to Whitefish Point beaches (Piping Plover) |
Recognized |
State |
Alger
|
|
19.
|
Grand Traverse Bay basin (Albert Ecoregion Vii.5.2) |
Recognized |
State |
Antrim, Charlevoix, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau
|
|
20.
|
Grass Bay beaches (Piping Plover) |
Recognized |
State |
Cheboygan
|
|
21.
|
Gull Island (Lake Michigan) |
Recognized |
State |
Charlevoix
|
|
22.
|
Haehnle Sanctuary |
Recognized |
State |
Jackson
|
|
23.
|
Helmet Shoal and Saddlebag Island |
Recognized |
State |
Chippewa
|
|
24.
|
High Island beaches (Piping Plover) |
Recognized |
State |
Charlevoix
|
|
25.
|
Hillsdale Co. Henslow's Sparrow privatelands |
Recognized |
State |
Hillsdale
|
|
26.
|
Huron National Forest (Golden-winged Warbler management units) |
Recognized |
State |
Alcona, Ogemaw, Oscoda
|
|
27.
|
Isabella County farms (Grasshopper Sparrow) |
Recognized |
State |
Isabella, Mecosta, Montcalm
|
|
28.
|
Isle Royale National Park |
Recognized |
State |
Keweenaw
|
|
29.
|
Kalamazoo Nature Center grasslands |
Recognized |
State |
Kalamazoo
|
|
30.
|
Kirtland's Warbler Management Units & Guide's Rest |
Recognized |
Global |
Alcona, Alger, Chippewa, Clare, Crawford, Delta, Iosco, Kalkaska, Montmorency, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Otsego, Presque Isle, Roscommon
|
|
31.
|
Lake Erie Metropark |
Recognized |
State |
Wayne
|
|
32.
|
Lake Erie Metropark Hawk Watch |
Recognized |
State |
Monroe, Wayne
|
|
33.
|
Lake Macatawa |
Recognized |
|
Ottawa
|
|
34.
|
Lake Michigan Long-tailed Duck IBA |
Recognized |
State |
Manistee
|
|
35.
|
Lake St. Clair |
Recognized |
State |
Macomb, Wayne, St. Clair
|
|
36.
|
Little Bay de Noc (inc. Portage Marsh & Aronson Island sandbar) |
Recognized |
State |
Delta
|
|
37.
|
Lower Au Sable River and Iosco Co. Northern Goshawk IBA |
Identified |
State |
Alcona, Iosco, Oscoda
|
|
38.
|
Lower St. Mary's River and Potagannissing Bay |
Recognized |
State |
Chippewa
|
|
39.
|
Mackinac Straits Hawk Watch |
Recognized |
|
Emmet, Mackinac
|
|
40.
|
Mackinac Straits to St. Martin's Bay |
Recognized |
State |
Mackinac
|
|
41.
|
Manistee National Forest Red-shouldered Hawk IBA |
Recognized |
State |
Benzie, Grand Traverse, Manistee
|
|
42.
|
Maple River State Game Area |
Recognized |
State |
Clinton, Gratiot, Ionia
|
|
43.
|
Midland Cogeneration Venture Ponds/Dow Ponds |
Recognized |
State |
Midland
|
|
44.
|
Murphy Lake State Game Area |
Identified |
|
Tuscola
|
|
45.
|
Muskegon State Game Area |
Recognized |
State |
Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana
|
|
46.
|
Muskegon State Park beaches (Piping Plover) |
Recognized |
|
Muskegon
|
|
47.
|
Muskegon Wastewater Management System |
Recognized |
State |
Muskegon
|
|
48.
|
Nayanquing Point State Wildlife Area |
Recognized |
State |
Bay
|
|
49.
|
Niagara Escarpment 1 LTA |
Recognized |
State |
Chippewa
|
|
50.
|
North Point |
Recognized |
State |
Alpena
|
|
51.
|
North Point/Fisherman's Island State Park beaches (Piping Plover) |
Recognized |
|
Charlevoix
|
|
52.
|
Ogontz Bay Marshes |
Identified |
State |
Delta
|
|
53.
|
Otis Sanctuary |
Recognized |
State |
Barry
|
|
54.
|
P. H. Hoeft State Park beaches (Piping Plover) |
Recognized |
State |
Presque Isle
|
|
55.
|
Peshekee Highlands LTA |
Recognized |
|
Baraga, Marquette
|
|
56.
|
Pigeon Country moraines |
Recognized |
State |
Cheboygan, Montmorency, Otsego
|
|
57.
|
Pinckney Recreation Area |
Recognized |
State |
Livingston, Washtenaw
|
|
58.
|
Pointe Aux Chenes |
Recognized |
State |
Mackinac
|
|
59.
|
Pointe Betsie beaches (Piping Plover) |
Recognized |
State |
Benzie
|
|
60.
|
Pointe Mouillee State Game Area |
Recognized |
State |
Monroe, Wayne
|
|
61.
|
Port Huron Hawk Watch |
Recognized |
State |
St. Clair
|
|
62.
|
Port Inland |
Recognized |
State |
Schoolcraft
|
|
63.
|
Raco Plains & Wilwin Wetland |
Recognized |
State |
Chippewa
|
|
64.
|
Rocky Island (Lake Michigan) |
Recognized |
State |
Delta
|
|
65.
|
Rose Lake Wildlife Area |
Recognized |
State |
Clinton, Shiawassee
|
|
66.
|
Round Island (Bay de Noc) |
Recognized |
State |
Delta
|
|
67.
|
Rudyard Clay Plain |
Recognized |
State |
Chippewa, Mackinac
|
|
68.
|
Saginaw Bay |
Recognized |
Global |
Arenac, Bay, Huron, Tuscola
|
|
69.
|
Saginaw Bay- Tawas Bay |
Recognized |
State |
Arenac, Iosco
|
|
70.
|
Sand Products and Epoufette Island shoal |
Recognized |
State |
Mackinac
|
|
71.
|
Sault Sainte Marie Clay Plain |
Recognized |
State |
Chippewa
|
|
72.
|
Scarecrow Island |
Recognized |
State |
Alcona, Alpena
|
|
73.
|
Seney National Wildlife Refuge |
Recognized |
State |
Schoolcraft
|
|
74.
|
Sevenmile Point/Thorneswift Nature Preserve/Petoskey State Park beaches (Piping Plover) |
Recognized |
State |
Emmet
|
|
75.
|
Sharonville State Game Area |
Recognized |
State |
Jackson, Washtenaw
|
|
76.
|
Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge |
Recognized |
State |
Saginaw
|
|
77.
|
Shiawassee River State Game Area |
Recognized |
State |
Saginaw
|
|
78.
|
Sleeper Lake burn |
Recognized |
State |
Luce
|
|
79.
|
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore mainland (including Donner Point to Dimmick's Point and Glen Arbor Twp beaches) |
Recognized |
Global |
Benzie, Leelanau
|
|
80.
|
Smith Lakes |
Recognized |
State |
Berrien
|
|
81.
|
Snake Island (Big Bay de Noc) |
Recognized |
State |
Delta
|
|
82.
|
South Fox Island beaches (Piping Plover) |
Recognized |
|
Leelanau
|
|
83.
|
St. Clair Flats & Harsen's Island |
Recognized |
State |
St. Clair
|
|
84.
|
St. Helena Island |
Recognized |
State |
Mackinac
|
|
85.
|
St. Joseph River (Branch and St. Joseph Counties) |
Recognized |
State |
Branch, St. Joseph
|
|
86.
|
St. Vital Island |
Recognized |
State |
Delta
|
|
87.
|
St. Vital Point beaches (Piping Plover) |
Recognized |
State |
Chippewa
|
|
88.
|
Sturgeon River Sloughs Wildlife Area |
Recognized |
State |
Baraga, Houghton
|
|
89.
|
Tahquamenon Falls State Park & Munising Moraine IV LTA |
Recognized |
State |
Chippewa
|
|
90.
|
Tawas Point State Park |
Recognized |
State |
Iosco
|
|
91.
|
Thompson's Harbor State Park beaches (Piping Plover) |
Recognized |
State |
Presque Isle
|
|
92.
|
Thorn Lake |
Recognized |
State |
Jackson, Washtenaw
|
|
93.
|
Upper Paw Paw River (40th St. to Lawrence) |
Recognized |
State |
Van Buren
|
|
94.
|
Warren Dunes State Park |
Recognized |
State |
Berrien
|
|
95.
|
Waterloo Recreation Area |
Recognized |
Global |
Jackson, Washtenaw
|
|
96.
|
Western Lake Erie basin |
Recognized |
State |
Monroe
|
|
97.
|
White River (Manistee National Forest) |
Recognized |
Global |
Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana
|
|
98.
|
Whitefish Point |
Recognized |
State |
Chippewa
|
|
99.
|
Wigwam Bay marshes (inc. Rifle River mouth) |
Recognized |
State |
Arenac
|
|
100.
|
Wilderness State Park, Bliss Twp., and Cross Village beaches (Piping Plover) |
Recognized |
State |
Emmet
|
|
101.
|
Winegar Moraine and Iron Co. Northern Goshawk IBA |
Recognized |
State |
Gogebic, Iron, Ontonagon
|
|
102.
|
Yellow Dog Plains |
Recognized |
State |
Marquette
|
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