Posted by Jahaze on September 04, 2014 at 19:00:28 from (72.106.171.100):
In Reply to: Hey western Michigan! posted by Dave H (MI) on September 04, 2014 at 06:58:07:
Large areas of Newaygo County used to be covered by prairie, Big Prairie Township in Newaygo was so named because there wasn't much there except sand and cactus. The original township was broken into four smaller ones. The historical society in Newaygo has photos of the area from the model T era showing cars parked next to huge cactus plants. I wrote the history section of the Pere Marquette watershed plan and did a bunch of research on the area. Most of the forest service property that is now covered with pines was an open prairie not suitable for farming so it reverted to the Feds for unpaid taxes, and the CCC did what they did best, planted millions of pine trees on the land.
There are several remnant prairies in the area, many with rather rare/unique plants. I have cactus growing on my property in Big Rapids and it's doing well. I could go on, but it might get boring.
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