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NEW BILL PACKAGE TO REGULATE COMMERCIAL GUIDING
Nearly 20 years ago, MUCC members recognized the need for regulations and oversight of the (at the time) budding commercial guiding industry in Michigan through our policy resolution process. On September 21, we were pleased to support a package of legislative bills, Senate Bills 1070-1072, that would for the first time provide a consistent regulatory…
Read MoreVOLUNTEERS BUILD BRUSH PILES IN THE PETOBEGO STATE GAME AREA
This past weekend, volunteers built seven large brush piles in the Petobego State Game Area along the hunter access footpath. The group utilized downed trees from last year’s severe windstorm the impacted the area. The hunter access footpath extends one mile from the parking area to the lakeshore; volunteers were able to clear trees from…
Read MoreIn the Field: The Story of the One-eyed Bear
by Anna Mitterling, Wildlife Cooperative Coordinator, MUCC The Michigan hunting family is a special beast. Like all families, we have our slew of issues and disagreement, but I can tell you that the hunters I work with here in Michigan are top notch humans. My college roommate’s father reached out to me a few months…
Read MoreA BRIEF LOOK INTO MICHIGAN’S ECONOMY AND THE EFFECTS OF INVASIVE SPECIES
Michigan is proudly known for its extensive outdoor recreational opportunities and tourist destinations spanning across both the Lower and Upper Peninsulas. Each year visitor spending brings in over $17 billion dollars, which supports over 150,000 jobs in the state alone. With visitors traveling in from all parts of the world, the pathways for invasive species…
Read MoreMUCC'S WILDLIFE HABITAT PROGRAM HEADS TO NW MICHIGAN
MUCC’s Wildlife Habitat Program will be reaching the NW Region of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula for the first time on Saturday, September 17th. Volunteers will be meeting at 9am at the Petobego State Game Area to build brush piles for rabbitat. The Petobego SGA is composed of 629 acres in Grand Traverse and Antrim Counties. It…
Read MoreIn the Field: Are We our Own Worst Enemy?
by Anna Mitterling, Wildlife Cooperative Coordinator, MUCC Last week I posted a DNR press release announcing the publication of the first year of managing for CWD here in southcentral Michigan. I was surprised by a few responses to that report. But what stemmed out of that dialogue reminded me of a larger issue than just hunters who…
Read MoreVOLUNTEERS PLANT 230 TREES IN SHINGLETON STATE FOREST GEMS AREA
Last weekend’s wildlife habitat project was a great one in the Upper Peninsula’s Shingleton State Forest Garden Grade Rd Grouse Enhanced Management Site (GEMS) area. There was a turnout of 21 volunteers, despite the rain, to plant 230 mast-producing trees and shrubs. The trees and shrubs planted included ninebark, American mountain ash, American hazelnut, and…
Read MoreVOLUNTEERS BUILD BRUSH PILES IN THE ALLEGAN STATE GAME AREA
Last weekend’s weather couldn’t stop volunteers with MUCC’s Wildlife Habitat Program from improving wildlife habitat on public land. A group of fifteen volunteers met at the Allegan State Game Area to remove a half mile of wire fencing between an open field and a pine-oak stand. This fencing was acting as a barrier between a…
Read MorePHOTOGRAPHER RAISING INVASIVE SPECIES AWARENESS WITH ART
Most of us are aware of the threats that invasive plants can pose to our waters and lands, clogging our rivers, and choking out native plants. But it can be hard to get some folks concerned for the survival of plants, when there’s so many cute animals to go around, like the painted turtle or…
Read MoreOVER 1,000 VOLUNTEERS HAVE IMPROVED WILDLIFE HABITAT WITH MUCC
Last weekend, seven volunteers improved wildlife habitat in the Barry State Game Area by building four new brush piles for rabbitat. Volunteers cut black locust trees from a stand that is due to be cut as it’s reached its 30-year regeneration cycle. The Barry SGA does not have a sustainable aspen population, so the regeneration…
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