An Ecological Assessment of the Schaffer Property in Peninsula Township. Grand Traverse County, Michigan Documentation for a Conservation Easement
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Issue Date
1990
Authors
Scharf, William C.
Subject
10 DECEMBER 1990 ; Peninsula Township ; Grand Traverse County ; Conservation Easement ; Neahtawanta Point ; Neahtawanta ; Ne-ah-ta-wanta ; Old Mission Peninsula ; Old Mission Conservancy ; Ne-ah-ta-wanta Resort Association ; Lake Nipissing ; Maple-Beech forest ; Trees ; Shrubs ; Wildlife ; Ferns ; Flowering Plants
Abstract
The following inventory of the physical and ecological features of the
portion of the Shaffer property on Ne-ah-ta-wanta point, Old Mission
Peninsula, Grand Traverse County, Michigan was undertaken on 24
November and 2 December 1990. The inventory and documentation was
undertaken for the Old Mission Conservancy at the request of Ted Bagley,
and with the help and permission of the owner. The purpose of the
inventory is for use in the preparation of a Conservation Easement
documentation report. This property is contiguous with existing
Conservation Easements granted to the Clarissa Marckwald family, and the
Ne-ah-ta-wanta Resort Association. Field work for this report includes some
of the herbaceous plants observed on the two contiguous easements was
conducted on two occasions during August, 1990, and two occasions during
August and September 1989. On each of these occasions plants were
identified by sight, and specimens of difficult species were taken for more
detailed identification. It should be noted that at the time the first two
assessments were commissioned in late summer, many flowering plants had
finished blooming. Consequently, some identifications of such species were
based on vegetative parts, seeds, and in some cases the author's prior
knowledge of this property in the spring. The assessment of wildlife present
on the property is based upon the actual evidence observed on the site, and
the author s considerable prior experience and knowledge of this area of the
Old Mission Peninsula. The author has had previous experience at this site in
the documentation of the Marckwald Property and the Ne-ah-ta-wanta
Resort Association Conservation Easements, which are contiguous to portions
of this tract.
Description
Partial OCR done. 8 pages total. *This document is missing photos and other referenced material*