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Stewardship Day at Shiawassee River State Game Area
On Saturday, September 21 On the Water(OTW) which is funded by Consumers Energy Foundation teamed up with MI Birds and the DNR to host a Stewardship Day at Shiawassee River State Game Area. The objective of this event was to clean up trash in and along the Bad River which is a sub-watershed of the…
Read MoreSeptember NRC meeting in Marquette covers a variety of fisheries orders
The Natural Resources Commission (NRC) met at the Northern Michigan University campus in Marquette last week, covering a variety of topics such as opening hunting on Watkins Lake State Park and modifications to spawning closure dates. The day started at 10:30 a.m. with a report on Arctic Grayling from Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR)…
Read More2019: Another Successful Year for OTG
The OTG season for the 2019 fiscal year officially came to a close on Friday, September 6 following an event in the Gratiot-Saginaw State Game Area. Now that school is back in session, we have four more events planned for the month of October with our OTG Jr. program. This field trip-based program enables youth…
Read MoreStewardship Day at Shiawassee River State Game Area this weekend
There are 63 major watersheds and 267 sub watersheds in the state of Michigan. The Shiawassee River watershed is a sub-watershed of the Saginaw Bay Basin. It is located in central Michigan southwest of Saginaw. It connects with several other river systems, including the Flint River, Cass River and Titabawassee River and flows northeast into…
Read MoreOTW event updates from around the state
The On the Water, program funded by Consumers Energy Foundation has been quite busy lately! On Saturday, September 7th ten volunteers came out to Lake Lansing Park South to help clean up the beach and the surrounding areas after labor day activities. In total 5 bags of trash and recyclables were picked up which came…
Read MoreOTG at Gratiot-Saginaw State Game Area
Volunteers braved inclement weather on Friday, September 6 to clear up the edges of a dike in the Gratiot-Saginaw State Game Area near Ashley. After meeting at the old DNR field office, volunteers made the short trek to the dike to begin clearing excess woody debris to improve water flow through the wetland. The primary…
Read MoreWalleye limit in certain fisheries up for information at U.P. Natural Resources Commission meeting
A proposal to increase the bag limit to six walleye on the Detroit River for the month of April aims to have anglers netting more fish next season. The meeting will take place Sept. 12 at Northern Michigan University’s Northern Center Ballroom 1, 1401 Presque Isle Avenue, Marquette. If you are unable to attend but…
Read MoreLast Call for 2019 OTG!
Our Friday, September 6 project in the Gratiot-Saginaw State Game Area marks the end of our OTG projects for the 2019 fiscal year. After this, we will host some OTG Jr. events with local schools before our field season quiets down for the approaching hunting seasons. Come out and help us wrap up another successful…
Read MoreLake Lansing Beach Clean-up happening this Saturday!
The average United States resident creates over 4 pounds of trash per day and up to 56 tons of trash per year. That means Americans makeup roughly 5% of the world’s population but generate nearly 40% of the world’s total waste. When it comes to our beaches trash is not only unsightly it harms the…
Read MoreConsumers Energy Partners with OTG at Rose Lake SGA
Volunteers from Washington, D.C. and Michigan came together Tuesday, August 27 to remove and treat invasive honeysuckle in the Rose Lake State Game Area (SGA) in East Lansing. Michigan United Conservation Clubs’ (MUCC) On the Ground (OTG) program hosted the event with Consumers Energy to aid the company in reaching its planet goals of restoring,…
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