Guide to Significant Wildlife Habitat - Door County Web Map
Guide to Significant Wildlife Habitat - Door County Web Map
Guide to Significant Wildlife Habitat - Door County Web Map
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• Two small islands are located near the State Park shoreline. The harbor is a shallow bay of 362 acres<br />
with nearly six miles of shoreline.<br />
• The surrounding land use is predominately recreational (Potawa<strong>to</strong>mi State Park) and single family<br />
residential with lesser amounts of idle cropland.<br />
• Along the north and south shore rubble and cobble make up the shoreline, while the west shore is<br />
coastal wetland. The bot<strong>to</strong>m substrate is predominantly sand or sand/rock mix. The rock scarps and<br />
estuary offer habitat for plant and animal species.<br />
• Vegetation includes upland hardwoods, lowland pines and white cedar (Thuja occidentalis). Other<br />
plant species include dwarf lake iris, balsam (Abies balsamea), and spruce (Picea spp.).<br />
• Fish known <strong>to</strong> inhabit the harbor include northern pike (Esox lucius), smallmouth bass (Micropterus<br />
dolomieui), yellow perch (Perca flavescens), rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris), brown trout (Salmo<br />
trutta), and long-eared sunfish (Lepomis megalotis).<br />
• Dwarf lake iris is listed as a federally threatened plant and the long-eared sunfish is in the statethreatened<br />
category.<br />
• The aesthetic value of Sawyer Harbor is as a sheltered inlet that houses several impressive land<br />
features such as rock terraces, shoals, wetlands, intermittent streams, ponds, and scenic views of two<br />
islands and Potawa<strong>to</strong>mi State Park.<br />
Lost Creek Watershed<br />
Lost Creek is a 2.5 mile long stream with a 2.2 square-mile watershed.<br />
• The surrounding land use is mainly cropland with lesser amounts of idle cropland. A golf course and<br />
county landfill are located near the stream<br />
• Soils are deep, moderate <strong>to</strong> poorly drained, and almost level <strong>to</strong> moderately steep. Silty clay subsoil<br />
overlays silty clay till or dolos<strong>to</strong>ne bedrock (USDA SCS 1978).<br />
• The stream is classified as a limited forage fishery because it is only capable of supporting a limited<br />
community of forage fish and aquatic life. Limited forage fisheries tend <strong>to</strong> have poor habitat quality.<br />
• White cedar is the dominant tree species in lowland areas.<br />
• Fish known <strong>to</strong> seasonally utilize the stream include walleye (Stizostedion vitreum), northern pike,<br />
rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), and white suckers (Ca<strong>to</strong>s<strong>to</strong>mus commersoni) (Corbisier 2000).<br />
• It is unknown if any threatened or endangered plant and animal species are present, as biological<br />
inven<strong>to</strong>ries have not been completed.<br />
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Sawyer Harbor / Lost Creek & Larson Creek Watersheds Complex