page_title: Galien River
section_title: Ecology
hierarchical_section_title: Galien River / Ecology
caption_attribution_description: English: Swamp Rose (Rosa palustris) on the bank of the Galien River August 2011.
context_page_description: The Galien River is a 30.0-mile-long stream in the southwest region of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river begins at the outlet of Dayton Lake and flows in a predominantly westerly direction until it enters southeastern Lake Michigan at New Buffalo. The South Branch Galien River rises just north of the border with Indiana, at the confluence of Spring Creek and the Galena River, the latter rising in LaPorte County, Indiana.
context_section_description: The Galien River passes through Warren Woods State Park which supports the last climax beech-maple forest in the state of Michigan. The Galien River watershed supports the state's largest breeding population of yellow-throated warblers (Setophaga dominica), and a substantial population of breeding cerulean warblers (Setophaga cerulea). Also supports a high diversity of bottomland forest obligate bird species.
  Designated coldwater streams in the watershed include: the main stem of the Galien River, east branch Galien River, Blue Jay Creek, south branch Galien River, and a portion of Spring Creek.
caption: Swamp rose (Rosa palustris) on the bank of the Galien River August 2011.
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