Rose Lake State Wildlife Area

The Rose Lake State Wildlife Area (SWA) falls within the core zone for the Michigan Pheasant Restoration Initiative (MPRI). The DNR, along with partners, will be improving roughly 450 acres of grassland habitat over the next several years for pheasants and other associated wildlife. The Rose Lake SWA also has roughly 400 acres of oak woodlots throughout the area. Due to a variety of factors that include invasive species encroachment, over-browsing by deer, and lack of active timber harvest over the last several decades, none of the oak woodlots at Rose Lake SWA are younger than 40 years old. In order to perpetuate oak on the landscape for generations, active timber management has to occur.