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MUCC PROMOTES SAWYER SAFETY SYSTEM TO 30 PARTICIPANTS
This weekend, 30 people became safer sawyers by attending Chuck Oslund’s Chainsaw Safety Training hosted at MUCC. This was the third year in a row that this course has been offered to volunteers with MUCC’s Wildlife Habitat Program and the general public. This year, participants had the option to practice techniques learned within the safety…
Read MoreTHE DNR LET ANN ARBOR STERILIZE YOUR DEER
In a year when deer issues threaten to divide the hunting community, the Department of Natural Resources just did something that ought to unite it, and not for a good reason. The Michigan DNR – the agency that you fund with your hunting, fishing and trapping license dollars – just gave the City of Ann…
Read MoreINVASIVE WATCHLIST | GIANT AFRICAN LAND SNAIL
With invasive threats on the rise, it’s been essential for Michigan to continue to protect not only our natural resources, but to also take into consideration our economy, and the effects nonnative species can have on it. The food and agriculture industry contributes $101.2 billion annually to the state’s economy, and accounts for nearly 22%…
Read MoreINVASIVE WATCHLIST | CHINESE MITTEN CRAB
The Chinese mitten crab may pose serious threats to the future of fishing in Michigan if precautions aren’t taken; though the species technically hasn’t been detected in Michigan yet there have been few reports of it making its way into the Detroit River as well as one caught in Lake Erie, back in 2007. The…
Read MoreJANUARY WILDLIFE HABITAT EVENTS TO KICK-OFF 2017
Happy New Year to all of the hunters, trappers, and anglers out there! Now that deer season has come to a close, it’s time to up our habitat improvement game. MUCC’s Wildlife Habitat Improvement Program plans to do just that. There are several key events happening this month that volunteers will be participating in to…
Read MoreMICHIGAN OUT-OF-DOORS PODCAST EPISODE 21 – 2015 IN REVIEW
We take a look back at 2015 and what MUCC has accomplished, while taking a look at 2016 and what’s to come.
Read MoreUPCOMING WILDLIFE HABITAT OPPORTUNITY AT THE GOURDNECK SGA
MUCC’s next wildlife habitat improvement project will be at the Gourdneck State Game Area on Saturday, January 14th 2017; the weekend after MUCC’s Chainsaw Safety Training with Chuck Oslund. Volunteers have completed several projects at the nearby Fulton State Game Area and Allegan State Game Area, but this will be the first at the Gourdneck SGA. This project…
Read MoreLEGISLATURE RESTORES NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION GAME SPECIES AND FISHERIES AUTHORITY
LANSING – Conservation groups are applauding the legislative passage of Senate Bill 1187, which will restore Michigan’s vital natural resources management process for making fish and wildlife conservation decisions with sound science. After passing the state Senate 27-10 last week, last night the House of Representatives passed it by a vote of 69-39, with support…
Read MoreMUCC'S WILDLIFE HABITAT PROGRAM SHOWS SUCCESS IN ALLEGAN
Last weekend, a group of 7 volunteers continued an aspen regeneration project in the Fennville Farm Unit of the Allegan State Game Area. This was the fifth project in the location since the start of the On the Ground program in 2013. I was able to look at the previous year’s work area and saw…
Read MoreACTION ALERT | RESTORE SCIENTIFIC WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT!
Your state representative may be voting on this bill TODAY – call now ask him or her to vote YES on SB 1187! Just over two years ago, you signed your name and collected signatures for the Scientific Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act. A few weeks ago, a Michigan Court of Appeals panel overturned the…
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