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SPRING 2017 WILDLIFE HABITAT IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS
With the warmer temperatures and frequent rains that come along with the spring season, it’s the perfect time to start planting trees for wildlife! Volunteers with MUCC’s Wildlife Habitat Program aren’t hesitating to get started and will be planting mast-producing trees and shrubs this Saturday in the Barry-Middleville State Game Area. Then, next week on…
Read MoreCALL FOR NOMINATIONS OF 2017-2018 MUCC OFFICERS
The MUCC Nominations Committee is calling for nominations of candidates for the open seats on the 2017-2018 Executive Board and Conservation Policy Board. There are 6 open seats available on the Executive Board, which will have a 2-year term. All 40 Conservation Policy Board members serve only a 1 year term and thus must be…
Read MoreDNR RECOMMENDS REAUTHORIZING STRAIGHT-WALLED CARTRIDGES IN SOUTHERN MICHIGAN
In the past three years, the most consistent calls we receive at our offices are questions about the use of straight-walled rifle cartridges for deer hunting in the southern Michigan limited-firearm zone. Most of the time, the questions relate to the specifications of the cartridge, but lately there has been worry about the three-year sunset…
Read MoreAMID PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS, MUCC IS FIGHTING FOR THE GREAT LAKES
A couple weeks ago, a leaked early federal budget draft showed a 97% cut in the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI). Today, the official Trump administration budget proposal was released showing a total elimination of funding for the program which has pumped $2 billion into the Great Lakes region since 2009 for wetland restoration, pollution…
Read MoreBUILDING NEW BRUSH PILES AND UTILIZING LAST YEAR'S HABITAT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FULTON SGA
Last weekend, a group of 13 volunteers built new brush piles in the Fulton State Game Area. In previous years, volunteers have built brush piles for rabbitat at four separate events with MUCC’s Wildlife Habitat Improvement Program, making this the fifth event in the Fulton SGA. This weekend’s event was hosted in the north end…
Read MoreNRC BANS CHOCOLATE IN BEAR BAIT
One of last year’s MUCC conservation policy resolutions was implemented last week when the Natural Resources Commission approved a DNR wildlife conservation order banning chocolate in bear bait, and the MUCC Conservation Policy Board finalized the list of potential conservation policy resolutions that will be considered at this year’s Annual Convention. A little over a…
Read MoreMUCC SUPPORTS ANNUAL YOUTH RABBIT HUNT AT CRANE POND SGA
Last weekend, the Crane Pond State Game Area hosted its Annual Youth Rabbit Hunt. The area’s DNR Wildlife Biologist, Ken Kesson, DNR Wildlife Assistant, Dean Boerman, and DNR Wildlife Technician, Nate DeVries organize the event each year with local mentors that volunteer to guide groups of youth hunters during the hunt. Areas of recent habitat…
Read MoreJOINT NWF/MUCC STATEMENT ON TRUMP ADMIN DELAYING ACTION ON ASIAN CARP
ANN ARBOR, MICH. (March 1, 2017)—The Trump administration announced that it is delaying the release of a plan to keep invasive Asian carp out of the Great Lakes. The plan for bolstering defenses at Brandon Road Lock and Dam near Joliet, Ill., was set to be released yesterday by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.…
Read MoreMICHIGAN OUT-OF-DOORS UPDATE | COMMERCIAL FISHING UPDATE CONCERNS
This Michigan Out-of-Doors Update was sent to MUCC member on February 27. To receive information like this, as well as links to conservation news stories and upcoming events (and a subscription to Michigan Out-of-Doors magazine), become a member at www.mucc.org/join_mucc! We’ve been hearing concerns from many of our members about proposed updates to the state’s…
Read MoreMIDLAND-DOW HIGH CONSERVATION CLUB VOLUNTEERS IN THE GRATIOT-SAGINAW SGA
Last weekend, a group of 18 volunteers including members from the Midland-Dow High Conservation Club, Boy Scouts from Troop 337, local hunters and trappers continued habitat maintenance in a wildlife opening in the Gratiot-Saginaw State Game Area. Volunteers removed encroaching brush from the wildlife opening and stacked it into large brush piles for rabbitat. The…
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