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REACH OUTDOORS: CONSERVATION STARS BRAG BOARD
by Shaun McKeon, MUCC Education Director This week for the reach outdoors blog we are going to launch a new idea. Our idea is to hear from you! Once a month we will be posting a brag board blog and we want photos of you and your kids getting outdoors exploring and enjoying the natural…
Read MoreIn the Field: The Cooperative Benefit
FEB 03, 2015 by Anna Mitterling, Wildlife Cooperative Coordinator On Saturday I had the pleasure of attending the Michigan Pheasants Forever Convention. It was a great event filled with good speakers and committed leaders in the wildlife management community. One thing that never ceases to amaze me about being at events like this, is the…
Read MoreTHE OPENER: HAVE A SAY IN WHAT WE DO!
“What have you done for me lately?” It’s a question I used to get every once in a while from an MUCC member (or former member, more often) when I first started working for MUCC in 2007. The policy team here at MUCC really takes that to heart and we hope that you see exactly…
Read MoreCAMO AT THE CAPITOL: PRESIDENT RECOMMENDS $50 MILLION CUT TO GREAT LAKES PROGRAM
by Matt Evans, MUCC Legislative Manager Monday, February 2nd saw President Obama release his executive budget recommendation and for the second year in a row he is recommending a cut to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. The President is recommending $250 million for the program which is a cut of $50 million, down from $300…
Read MoreWILDLIFE WEDNESDAY: CONSERVATION IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN
Conservation is an important concept. It is the most important concept at Michigan United Conservation Clubs. It has different meanings to different people, but its most basic meaning is the wise use of natural resources (which is also how we defined it in the Scientific Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, which will take effect in…
Read MoreTHE OPENER: SCIENCE IS THE BEST DEFENSE
by Amy Trotter, MUCC Policy Manager I had the opportunity to attend a Chapter Dinner of the Lansing Area Chapter of Safari Club International (SCI) on Saturday evening. As are most banquets I attend (which is quite a few), this was a family affair with my husband, energetic toddler, mother and father-in law, and family…
Read MoreDNR ALERT: GRAYMONT PROPOSALS AND DNR RECOMMENDATION
GRAYMONT PROPOSALS AND DNR RECOMMENDATION TO BE DISCUSSED AT JAN. 28 PUBLIC MEETING IN NEWBERRY Contact: Kerry Wieber, 517-643-1256, or Ed Golder, 517-284-5815 Agency: Natural ResourcesThe Michigan Department of Natural Resources today announced that it will host a public meeting Wednesday, Jan. 28, to discuss the pending proposals from Graymont, Inc. for a land transaction and mineral exchange in…
Read MoreCAMO AT THE CAPITOL PRIORITIES ADVANCE IN LANSING
A couple weeks ago, MUCC members and affiliate clubs gathered at Camo at the Capitol to lobby for our natural resources and hunting rights, including legislation to crack down on poaching and improve hunter access. Just two weeks later, that legislation is already on the move and another bill is about to be introduced to…
Read MoreMICHIGAN'S TRAPPING TRADITION GROWS IN POPULARITY
from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Doug Reeves remembers his first time as though it were yesterday. “The first thing I ever caught was an ermine, a white weasel,” said Reeves, assistant chief of the Department Natural Resources’ Wildlife Division and a lifelong trapper. “I sold it for 50 cents to a traveling fur…
Read MoreREACH OUTDOORS: KIDS OUT TRAPPING!
by Shaun McKeon, MUCC Education Director After reading an article by my Co-worker Tony Hansen in Outdoor Life Magazine, on a trapping program that is taking place in Wisconsin and the fantastic work they are doing with youth (see article here). I decided to highlight the fur harvesting program we run at camp. The furbearer program…
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