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LOGAN CREEK / LOST LAKE CORRIDOR LOCATION: The Logan Creek / Lost Lake Corridor is approximately 4,950 acres located in the Town of Jacksonport in the central portion of Door County (T28-29N, R26-27E). As this report represents general areas of concern, exact locations of boundary lines have not been designated. GENERAL SITE DESCRIPTION: The Logan Creek / Lost Lake Corridor encompasses the natural habitat associated with this wetland corridor. The southern edge borders Clark Lake, Whitefish Dunes State Park and Whitefish Dune State Natural Area. This is an important wetland habitat for fish and wildlife. Scenery, water quality, and forest resources are all of high quality (Zimmerman 1989). The Town of Jacksonport has adopted the county’s zoning ordinance. ECOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE: The ecological significance of this site is defined by the condition of Lost Lake, the presence of several species of state significance, a large diverse wetland complex north of Lost Lake, and extensive riparian conifer forest along Logan Creek south of Lost Lake. Other attributes that contribute to the areas significance are several tracts of old growth forest, especially north of Lost Lake and at the mouth of Logan Creek at Clark Lake, and the high volume springs which feed Logan Creek south of Lost Lake and near Highway 57. Lost Lake, with an almost completely undeveloped shoreline, represents a rare opportunity to preserve a large lake-wetland system nearly intact. While its shallow nature precludes a diverse fish population; perch, northern pike, and black bullheads are present, and lake and wetland associated birds and aquatic insects (esp. odonates) are abundant. Except for a narrow lawn on the west shore the entire shoreline of the lake holds natural vegetation. A wide buffer of forest borders the lake on the north, southwest and south, with a narrow buffer on the east shore. Based on a very limited inventory, species of state significance observed at the lake and surrounding forest include, Osprey (feeding), Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia) (feeding), Red-shouldered Hawk (possibly nesting), and the white adder’s mouth orchid (Malaxis brachypoda). Other natural communities and rare plant and animal species have been documented in the area. Refer to the Natural Communities Cross Reference, Appendix “A” and Wisconsin’s Natural Heritage Inventory Listing, Appendix “B” for further information. NOTEWORTHY CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL FEATURES: A settlement located on the shores of Lake Michigan in the vicinity of Clark Lake was started around 1838. Originally it was a fishing village and a project of John P. Clark, who was the first white settler in this area of the county. The inland lake was named for him and nearby Whitefish Bay was named for the large amounts of fish that were being caught there. He packed his tremendous catches in salt barrels and shipped them to markets on the Great Lakes in his own schooners. Clark bought up 2,500 acres of land that included 9 miles of shore land. Much of the time he had as many as 30 fisherman and a number of coopers, including several Native Americans, who made barrels in his employ (Lotz 1994) SITE FEATURES: Logan Creek Logan Creek is 5.4 miles in length, approximately 8 feet wide with a gradient of 17.7 feet per mile, and flows southeast from Lost Lake until it empties into Clark Lake. The creek is designated as a Wisconsin Outstanding Water Resource, a distinction given by the Outstanding Resource Waters portion of the Wisconsin Administrative Codes. Logan Creek / Lost Lake Corridor 91
• The surrounding land use is a combination of cleared cropland, stump pasture, pasture, and orchards (Corbisier 2000). One quarry is in the southeast section of this site (Grimm, Hewitt, & Holtz 1999). • Soils are shallow to deep, well drained, and nearly level to moderately steep. A sandy loam or loam subsoil lies over sandy loam or fine sandy loam till or dolostone bedrock (USDA SCS 1978). • The stream habitat ranking is fair; most of the stream is a warm water forage fish community. For 0.4 miles the stream is classified Class I, and for 0.25 miles the stream is classified Class II (Corbisier 2000). • Vegetation within the stream corridor is primarily lowland cedar (Thuja occidentalis) and black ash forest (Fraxinus nigra), with lesser amounts of yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis), balsam fir (Abies balsamea), hemlock (Tsuga canadiensis), and white pine (Pinus strobus). Ground species throughout most of the stream corridor are of one of two types, hummocked or pools. Hummock species include dewberry (Rubus flagellaris), starflower (Trientalis borealis), gold-thread (Coptis trifolia), bunchberry (Cornus canadensis), Labrador-tea (Ledum groenlandicum), wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens), and naked miterwort (Mitella nuda). Common pool species are marsh-marigold (Caltha palustris), bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara), and sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis) (Grimm, Hewitt, & Holtz 1999). • Southern portions of Logan Creek contain second growth mesic woodlands comprised of sugar maple (Acer saccharum), beech (Fagus grandifolia), hemlock, white cedar, yellow birch and black cherry (Prunus serotina). The understory typically consists of Canadian yew (Taxus canadensis), beech, and sugar maple. Common herbaceous plants are wild Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense), starflower, wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis), wood fern (Dryopteris carthusiana), blue-bead lily (Clintonia borealis), wild onion (Allium canadense), blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides), yellow trout-lily (Erythronium americanum), Pennsylvania sedge (Carex pensylvanica), sharp-lobed hepatica (Anemone acutiloba), and beech drops (Monotropa hypopithys). The state endangered small yellow crowfoot (Ranunculus gmelinii) has been sighted within wetland areas of the creek. • This has been one of the few creeks in the county known to have a self-sustaining population of brook trout. However, none have been noticed in the past 5 years when random surveys were conducted. Common bird species found along the creek include Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapillus), Red-eyed Vireo, Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens), Eastern Wood-Pewee, Great Crested Flycatcher, Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus), and Hermit Thrush. Lost Lake Lost Lake is spring-fed, shallow, marl-bottomed, and a seepage lake. The maximum depth is 5.5 feet There is relatively little development along the shoreline and it’s considered the largest undeveloped lake in the county. The surrounding land use is cleared cropland, stump pasture, pasture, and orchards. • Soils underlying the lake are marl-bottomed. That is, they are soft, calcium carbonate mixed with clay (Corbisier 2000). • Shallow water emergents along the shoreline of the lake include cattail, hardstem bulrush, twig rush (Cladium mariscoides), reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea), red osier dogwood (Cornus stolonifera), speckled alder (Alnus incana), joe-pye-weed (Eupatorium maculatum), marsh bellflower (Campanula aparinoides), water dock (Rumex altissimus), rush aster (Aster borealis), willow (Salix spp.), and tamarack (Larix laricina). The northwest portion of the lake contains yellow-water lilies. 92 Logan Creek / Lost Lake Corridor
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Illustrations © 1997 Chris Baird,
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6 — Acknowledgement — This publ
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As notable as the county is as a si
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A (very) Short Course in Ecology &
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20 Site Index Wildlife Habitat & Na
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SITE FEATURES: Ahnapee River Corrid
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26 Ahnapee River Corridor
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Ahnapee River Corridor ALL PHOTOS B
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Black Ash Swamp ALL PHOTOS BY PAT R
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• A small man-made spring fed pon
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36 Delwiche - Sand Hill Pineries &
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Bedrock Shore Wave-splashed bedrock
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Springs and spring runs; hard. Spri
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Recognizing qualitative differences
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202 Reader’s Notes
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