Conduct and Ethics United States Department

Contact Information of Agriculture

• Dogs must be leashed. Toll Free: 1-800-821-6263
• Hiking and foot travel on trails only. Website: www.fs.usda.gov/hmnf/ Forest Service
• Do not pick or remove wildflowers.
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No bikes or pack animals allowed.
Use only dead and down wood for fires.
Baldwin Ranger Station
Phone: (231) 745 - 4631
Loda Lake
• Build fires in fire rings and grills only. TTY: (231) 745- 8297 A National Wildflower
• This area is open to hunting. Address: PO Box Drawer D Sanctuary
Baldwin, MI 49304
A Recreation Enhancement Act Fee
is required at this site. Supervisor’s Office
Recreation fees help pay for the facilities Phone: (231) 775 - 2421
and services at this site. Contact a Forest TTY: (231) 775 - 3183

National Forests
Service Office or visit our website to learn
more about recreation fees and passes.
USDA Statement of
Wild Columbine NonDiscrimination
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
prohibits discrimination in all its programs
and activities on the basis of race, color,
national origin, age, disability, and where
applicable, sex, marital status, familial
status, parental status, religion, sexual

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orientation, genetic information, political
beliefs, reprisal, or because all or part
of an individuals’ income is derived from
any public assistance program. (Not all American Goldfinch
prohibited bases apply to all programs).
Pitcher Plant Persons with disabilities who require
GPS alternative means for communication of
Coordinates program information (Braille, large print,
W: 85.83088 N: 43.638028 audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA’s
TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600
Directions from White Cloud - (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of
• Travel north on M-37 for 7 miles. discrimination, write to USDA Director,
• Turn left and travel west on 5-Mile Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence
Rd. Ave., S.W., Washington D.C. 20250-9410, Sweet Scented Water Lily
or call (800) 795 - 3272 (voice) or (202)
• Turn right and travel north on Felch Witness the Wonder of
720-6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal
Rd. for 1 mile. opportunity provider and employer.
• The site is located on the right side. Wildflowers
 Amenities
History of Loda Lake •
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Self-guided, 1.2-mile wildflower trail.
Cultural Trail.
Pollinator Garden.
Birders Check List.
• Picnic Area with grills and a fire ring.
Loda Lake was once a virgin pine forest. In the late 1890’s the Pere
• Gravel, back-in boat launch.
Marquette Railroad harvested the timber before selling the land to the
• No drinking water.
Hansons, railroad stockholders.

Full of
stumps and Opportunities
logging debris,
Mr. Hanson felt the land • Cultural trail, identifying past structures
was worthless. Thomas Hunt, from Hanson/Hunt era.
a family friend, convinced him that • Scrapbook style photo/historical time
it could be successfully farmed using line display of Loda Lake at old farm
scientific methods. site.
• Inquire at the Baldwin District Office
about:
The Hunt family farmed the area for several years. Mr. • Docent-led cultural history/
Hanson later built a substantial summer home with several wildflower walks available for
outbuildings on the other side of the lake. The remains of the farm groups of 5 or larger with advance
buildings and the Hanson dwellings are highlighted on the Cultural trail. registration.
• Teacher and youth leaders; Natural
The land was declared “sub-marginal” in 1937 and sold to the U.S. Forest and Cultural History Interpretive CD
Service. At that time, the Federated Garden Clubs of Michigan, now and Guide.
Michigan Garden Clubs, were looking to establish a wildflower sanctuary in • Special Tours and coordination with
the state. A cooperative agreement was signed in 1949, a partnership that environmental curriculum available
continues to this day. on a limited basis.