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DNR AWARDS MORE THAN $4 MILLION IN GRANTS FOR PROJECTS BATTLING INVASIVE SPECIES
Michigan United Conservation Clubs was awarded a $62,000 grant for a special project to promote invasive species awareness statewide as part of this grant program. DNR Press Release The Michigan Department of Natural Resources today announced the award of 20 grant projects totaling more than $4 million, under the Michigan Invasive Species Grant Program. The…
Read MoreIn the Field: The Cooperative Watch
by Anna Mitterling, Wildlife Cooperative Coordinator My husband and I have been looking for a plot of land to live, hunt, and dream on – and we seem to have found “the one!” As a soon-to-be private landowner, there is so much information I am trying to take in about how to manage the habitat,…
Read MoreSENATE PASSES BILL TO BAN DRONES FOR HUNTING, HUNTER HARASSMENT
From the Livingston Daily Michigan legislators have shot down efforts to use drones in hunting. The state Senate last week passed legislation that would not only ban hunters from using drones to track game but ban other groups from using drones to track hunters. The bills passed unanimously with state Sen. Joe Hune, R-Hamburg Township,…
Read MoreDNR AWARDS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR NEW LAKE HURON FISHERIES RESEARCH VESSEL
DNR Press Release The Department of Natural Resources has announced that the construction of its new Lake Huron fisheries research vessel, the Research Vessel (R/V) Tanner, has started with the award of a contract to Andersen Boat Works of Saugatuck, Michigan. “The R/V Tanner will replace the aging R/V Chinook, which has been operating on…
Read MoreTHE OPENER: GRASSROOTS IN ACTION
Every year, MUCC’s members from around the state come together at our Regional Meetings in February to kick off our policy setting process which culminates in our Annual Convention in June. This year, our Convention takes place June 19-21, 2015 in Gaylord at Treetops Resort. And boy will we have a packed agenda! To date…
Read MoreMICHIGAN RECORDS SAFEST HUNTING SEASON IN 2014
Photo: www.fshunting.com From: Michigan DNR Contact: Sgt. Tom Wanless, 517-284-6026 or Ed Golder, 517-284-5815 For the first time, Michigan recorded no fatalities during all hunting seasons in 2014, according to reports compiled by the Department of Natural Resources’ Law Enforcement Division. Ten incidents involving injuries were recorded in the state – nine in the Lower Peninsula and one in the…
Read MoreREACH OUTDOORS: SCI MAKES CAMP SCHOLARSHIPS POSSIBLE
by Shaun McKeon, MUCC Education Director Its winter time in Michigan and on top of all the ice fishing and small game hunting there is another season that is in full swing. That season is banquet season. January, February, and March seem to be the prime months for clubs all around the state to hold…
Read MoreVIDEO: MICHIGAN LICENSE RESTRUCTURE
MUCC’s Amy Trotter takes on the State’s recent License Fee Restructure report. How did it turn out? Find out!
Read MoreIn the Field: Cooperative Beginnings
by Anna Mitterling, Wildlife Cooperative Coordinator The most common question I get asked in my position is – How do I start a cooperative? There are many ways to go about starting up a cooperative. Of over 80 wildlife cooperatives in Michigan, each was started in a slightly different way. What works for one group, may…
Read MoreCAMO AT THE CAPITOL: LEGISLATIVE UPDATE – BILLS TO WATCH
Photo: MLive by Nick Bade-Dodge, MUCC Policy Intern The New Year brings in a new set of bills and the reintroduction of bills that did not make it through the legislature in 2014. Fortunately for the conservation community, some very important bills that did not make it through last year are moving steadily through the…
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