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Wild Game Wednesday: Venison Chili with Pickled Jalapeños
With firearm deer season just two weeks away, and more than 660,000 deer hunters taking to the woods, preparations for camp traditions are in full swing! Year after year those traditions get passed down, and although they may vary from camp to camp, they are a part of every hunter. It could be the same…
Read MoreIn the Field: CWD and TB Awareness
by Anna Miterling, Wildlife Cooperative Coordinator, MUCC Rainbows remind me of hope. I was driving up to Alpena to talk about managing deer in the TB area on Saturday when my friend Morgan and I saw this rainbow. It has been a rough week, a lot of focus on disease. While there is a lot to be disappointed about…
Read MoreIn the Field: We are the Ones
by Anna Mitterling, Wildlife Cooperative Coordinator, MUCC Last night I had the opportunity to talk about conservation with the freshmen class of biology students at Spring Arbor University. I wanted to share with them one of the biggest lessons I am still learning now. Regardless of the topic, there are always various points of view,…
Read MoreOTG Jr Set to Complete Several Events This Month
It’s mid-October here in Michigan and several hunting seasons are in progress. Whether you hunt small game, deer, waterfowl, or upland birds, there are endless opportunities to get out on public lands that Michigan has to offer. MUCC’s On the Ground Jr program will be busy introducing several student groups to wildlife habitat conservation and…
Read MoreINVASIVE SPECIES WATCHLIST | NUTRIA
Nutria, is it a rat, a beaver or an unwanted pest? Most people think of them as a combination of all three, I like to think of them as a large rat or beaver with a small tail. Nutria, or as a wide portion of the world calls them Coypu have been around since the…
Read MoreNRC Commissioners visit Wildlife Cooperative in TB Zone
by AnnaMitterling, Wildlife Cooperative Coordinator, MUCC Wednesday, before the NRC meeting last week, Anchor Creek Wildlife Cooperative hosted some of the NRC Commissioners and Michigan Department of Natural Resources Staff at one of their properties to provide insights on how the cooperative model is helping to address Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) related concerns in the TB…
Read MoreOctober NRC Meeting Recap
The Natural Resources Commission will have two major fisheries decisions to make in the coming months. Two fisheries orders came up for information at the October 12 Natural Resources Commission meeting at the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Alpena. Among the most controversial is this statewide warmwater regulations for muskie (FO 215.18), in which…
Read MoreOn the Ground 2017 Wildlife Habitat Program Season Recap
Another successful year of wildlife habitat improvement projects completed by volunteers and partnerships with MUCC’s On the Ground program has gone by. A total of 25 wildlife habitat improvement projects were completed, including 3 OTG Jr events, engaging 452 volunteers and students and investing 121 project hours (54,692 volunteer hours) into habitat work on public…
Read MoreMUCC'S OTG PROGRAM PARTNERS WITH DNR, NWTF AND CAMP GRAYLING
This past weekend, volunteers with MUCC’s On the Ground program partnered with Camp Grayling, the Department of Natural Resources, and the National Wild Turkey Federation to complete a wildlife habitat improvement project in the Grayling State Forest. Ryan Boyer-District Biologist for the NWTF, Brian Piccolo- DNR Wildlife Biologist for the area and Mike Ravesi with Camp Grayling…
Read MoreGREAT LAKES DAY AT THE CAPITOL | RECAP
MUCC held its biannual lobby day – Great Lakes Day at the Capitol, last Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017. With the imminent threat of Asian carp entering our waterways, there seemed no better way than to spend the day connecting our membership and the public with the policy work that we do to protect, conserve and enhance…
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