Asylum Lake Preserve

Landscape

Kalamazoo Nature Center Survey:

A. History of the Property

B. Land Cover Analysis:

Soils

Historic Land Cover

The Role Of Fire

The Role of Fragmentation

The Effect of Agricultural Lands

Present Land Cover

Grassland, Prairie and Oak Savannah Management

C. Aquatic Ecosystems:

Fish

Wetlands

Asylum Lake and Little Asylum Lake

Lake Morphometry

Lake Disturbance

D. Habitat Enhancement Recommendations:

Aquatic Systems

Asylum Lake Land Cover and Habitat Management Recommendations:

Management Recommendations

Management Techniques

Invasive Species Management Recommendations:

Plants

Insects

Amphibians and Reptiles

Fish

Birds

Deer Management at Asylum Lake

Potential Archeological Sites

Coordination with Parkview Hills

E. Natural Features Inventory - Contamination Concerns

F. Contamination Table HTML EXCEL

MAPS:

1. Map 1. Land Cover Circa 1800 at the Asylum Lake Preserve and Adjacent Properties

2. Map 2. Current Land Cover at the Asylum Lake Preserve and Adjacent Properties

3. Map 3. Soils and the Asylum Lake Preserve and Adjacent Properties

4. Map 4. National Wetlands Inventory, Asylum Lake Preserve and Adjacent Properties

5. Map 5. Topographic Map of the Asylum Lake Preserve and Adjacent Properties

6. Map 8. Suggested Future Land Cover at the Asylum Lake Preserve Emphasizing an Increase in Forested Acreage

7. Map 9. Suggested Future Land Cover at the Asylum Lake Preserve Emphasizing the Restoration of Oak Savanna

8. Map 10. Asylum Lake Preserve and Adjoining Western Michigan University Open Lands

 

Related Links:

1. Land Trust Alliance

2. Kalamazoo Nature Center

3. Michigan Department of Natural Resources