Forest Connectivity and Canopy Gaps at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, 2005
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (PIRO), located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, is home to many wildlife species that depend on forest canopy connectivity to thrive. Park biologists are interested to learn how forest loss in the late 2000s and early 2010s caused by beech bark disease (BBD) is affecting these …