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Genesee County Habitat Day
On July 30, Michigan United Conservation Clubs partnered with the Genesee Conservation District (GCD) on a habitat day. GCD put on the event at a local landowner’s property and also included US Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) and USDA/NRCS. This event showcased what partnership conservation projects look like and how a landowner would go about…
Read MoreUpcoming events for the OTW program
Positive movements have been happening for MUCC’s On the Water program(OTW) sponsored and funded by a Planet Award through the Consumer’s Energy Foundation. We have three events coming up in the next two months that we would love to see you at! Watersheds directly affect you and your community whether it is the water you drink…
Read MoreVolunteer for Wildlife this August
As summer begins to wind down and the fall hunting season fast approaches, our OTG program prepares for its final projects before a seasonal break. Help us wrap up the OTG 2019 season by coming out for one of the final events of the 2019 calendar year! Saturday, August 3 – Rose Lake State Wildlife…
Read MoreInformation items comprise the majority of this month’s NRC meeting
Spawning closures and sturgeon regulations are among many items up for information at this month’s Natural Resources Commission (NRC) The meeting will take place on August 8th at the MSU Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at 4125 Beaumont Rd., Lansing, MI 48910. If you are unable to attend but would like to watch, check out the MUCC Facebook page!…
Read MoreShow Your Organization’s Support for the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act
The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act was reintroduced by U.S. Representative Dingell (D-MI, 12th District) and U.S. Representative Fortenberry (R-NE, 1st District) as H.R. 3742 on July 12, 2019. We need all of our affiliate clubs and partners to show their support for this critical legislation. A special thank you to the following Michigan U.S. Representatives…
Read MoreUpdate from the OTW program
MUCC’s On the Water program(OTW) sponsored and funded by a Planet Award through the Consumer’s Energy Foundation has been busy making local connections and networking around the state. We have had three successful trash clean up events so far. One at Clinton River in Rochester and one at Red Cedar River on MSU’s campus. Collectively…
Read MoreOTG at Gladwin State Game Area
On Saturday, July 20, eight volunteers came out to the Gladwin State Game Area in Harrison to improve habitat for rabbit and small game. This portion of the state game area was recently acquired by the DNR and is beginning to be managed for a variety of wildlife species. Saturday’s project gave volunteers the opportunity…
Read MoreManistee River Clean Up
The Manistee River is known for its excellent fishing( such as Steelhead, Coho Salmon and Brown Trout) and beautiful scenery. It is apart of the Manistee watershed which is one of the biggest watersheds in the lower peninsula of Michigan draining a total of over 1700 square miles of land before entering Lake Michigan. Watersheds…
Read MoreOTG: Looking Ahead
August and September OTG Events Saturday, August 3 – Rose Lake State Game Area Join OTG at Rose Lake State Game Area and help us remove invasive honeysuckle that is negatively impacting native vegetation and wildlife habitat quality. This directly benefits the entire ecosystem by removing an aggressive terrestrial invasive, thus enabling native vegetation to…
Read MoreRed Cedar River Clean Up
On July 13th, MUCC partnered up with Michigan State University’s Landscape Services for a joint Red Cedar River Clean up event. About two miles of the Red Cedar River run through MSU’s campus, this thriving ecosystem supports many of the local wildlife in the area, along with being a subwatershed to the Upper Grand River…
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