Eastern UP and Northern Lower Michigan

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Eastern Upper Peninsula and Northern Lower Michigan (Albert's Ecological Sections 7 and 8)

NIACS Unit
Upland spruce-fir
Jack pine
Red and white pine
Lowland conifers
Aspen-birch
Northern hardwoods
Lowland-riparian hardwoods
Oak associations
Barrens
Street trees
Residential
Multi-family residential
Commercial/ Industrial
Park
Cemetery
Golf course
Agriculture
Vacant
Institutional
Utility
Water
Transportation
Other
Crop
Range
Pasture
Agricultural facilities and infrastructure
Agricultural tree plantations
Associated agricultural lands
Non-agricultural rural developed land
Non-agricultural designated protected area
Riparian
Infrastructure
Wetland
Grassland
Non-forested wetland
GeoJson
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Vulnerability Assessment
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Climate Impact Statements
Northern Michigan temperatures will increase between 4°F and 10°F by the end of the century, with more warming during winter.
Northern Michigan's winter snowpack will be reduced from 30-80% by the end of the century.
Northern Michigan will have 30-50 fewer days of frozen ground during the winter by the end of the century.
Northern Michigan's growing season will increase by 30 to 70 days by the end of the century.
Intense precipitation events will continue to become more frequent in northern Michigan.
Northern Michigan soil moisture patterns will change, with drier soil conditions later in the growing season.
Climate conditions will increase fire risks in northern Michigan by the end of the century.
Many invasive species, insect pests, and pathogens in northern Michigan forests will increase or become more damaging by the end of the century.
Northern Michigan's boreal species will face increasing stress from climate change.
Southern or temperate species in northern Michigan will be favored by climate change.
Northern Michigan's forest productivity will increase by the end of the century.
Low-diversity systems are at greater risk from climate change.
Species in fragmented landscapes will have less opportunity to migrate in response to climate change.
Systems that are limited to particular environments will have less opportunity to migrate in response to climate change.
Systems that are more tolerant of disturbance have less risk of declining on the landscape
The urban heat island effect can exacerbate the effects of increasing temperatures.
Impervious cover can exacerbate the effects of increased heavy precipitation events in urban areas.
Forest composition will change across the landscape
Tree regeneration and recruitment will change
Forest productivity will increase during the next several decades in the absence of significant stressors
Surface water temperatures are expected to rise due to warming air temperatures
Inland lakes are warming, and continued warming will decrease seasonal mixing of stratified lakes and reduce available dissolved oxygen
Seasonal variation in soil moisture and altered precipitation may influence the magnitude and duration of flood events.
Low streamflow events may become more frequent and deliver lower water volumes
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