Nature and Wildlife
Pine and Popple Wild Rivers
The high, wooded ridges and peat moss bottomlands along the rivers provide excellent habitat for a variety of wildlife. The shorelines are heavily wooded with sugar maple, yellow birch, hemlock and white cedar on the upper stretches and aspen, silver and red maple, white and jack pine the most common trees on the lower reaches.
Large and small game species abound; hunters can expect to find deer, bear, ruffed grouse, woodcock, squirrel, rabbit, snowshoe hare, wild turkey and various species of waterfowl. The river corridor is also home to fur-bearers such as coyote, beaver, muskrat, otter, weasel, mink and fisher.
There are many non-game species from common species such as porcupines and flying squirrels to less frequent visitors such as wolves and pine martens. Bald eagles, osprey, northern goshawk, red-shouldered hawk and many resident and migratory songbirds frequent this area. The rivers, wetlands and ponds are also important for assorted turtles, frogs and salamanders.