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HABITAT PROJECTS LEAD TO WILD TURKEY CONSERVATION SUCCESS
The start of the spring turkey hunting season is just a couple of weeks away and I couldn’t be more excited to hunt turkey for the first time this year. Michigan is ranked seventh in the nation for turkey harvest! There are more counties open to hunting turkey than ever before in Michigan due to…
Read MoreMICHIGAN OUT-OF-DOORS PODCAST EPISODE 27
This episode contains two interviews: one with Doug Doherty of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation from Outdoorama, and one with Maven Outdoor Equipment from the Deer & Turkey Expo.
Read MoreYOUTH RABBIT HUNT SUCCESS AT CRANE POND SGA
Last weekend I had the opportunity to attend part of the fifth annual Youth Rabbit Hunt at the Crane Pond State Game Area. MUCC’s wildlife habitat program has been hosting the lunch for this event to take part in engaging today’s youth in the hunting lifestyle. The cool thing about this particular youth hunt is…
Read MoreIn the Field: Refocusing a Cooperative
by Anna Mitterling, Wildlife Cooperative Coordinator, MUCC It all started because one guy had a QDMA sign on his property. Two guys each bought some property to build a home, raise a family, and hunt. Each acting independently of the other, yet just across the street. They had both been in communication with me about…
Read MoreINVASIVES TO WATCH | YELLOW FLOATING HEART
This last fall, in a pond on the University of Michigan (UofM) Dearborn Environmental Study Area in Wayne County, a high threat aquatic invasive plant known as yellow floating heart was found and removed as part of the state’s Early Detection and Response Program through a joint effort of the MDNR, MDARD, and MDEQ. Learn…
Read MoreACTION ALERT | TAX PROTECTION FOR CONSERVATION CLUBS
New legislation has been introduced in the Michigan House of Representatives by Rep. Jim Tedder (R-Clarkston) that would provide tax protection for qualified conservation clubs. House Bill 5109 would exempt real property owned by a qualified conservation club from collection of local property taxes, so long as the facilities of the club are open to…
Read MorePLANT PUBLIC LAND TREES WITH MUCC
Volunteers have spent all winter cutting trees to make brush piles or hinge-cuts for wildlife habitat in various state game areas and state forests. Now that the spring season is just about here, looks like I’ll be trading the chainsaw for a shovel for the next few wildlife habitat projects! The ground will be softened…
Read MoreMICHIGAN OUT-OF-DOORS PODCAST – EPISODE 26 – DARTON ARCHERY, POPS LOOSE MOOSE, BUCK FEVER
We caught up with Michigan-based Darton Archery, Pop’s Loose Moose and Buck Fever at the Field & Stream Outdoor Life Deer & Turkey Expo to talk bowhunting, food plots and deer scents.
Read MoreINVASIVE ALERT | BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR NARROW-LEAF CATTAIL
Being the state with over 11,000 lakes leaves many chances for cattails to thrive, which is true even for Narrow-leaf Cattail that has made Michigan home since 1837. This invasive is now long-established and probably originated in Europe or along the Eastern seaboard, from which it moved westward along the railroads and highway ditches. Photo…
Read MoreSNYDER ADMINISTRATION OPPOSES COMMERCIAL NET-PEN AQUACULTURE IN THE GREAT LAKES
The Quality of Life group of Governor Snyder’s administration released its final report on Great Lakes aquaculture today, which affirms the stance of the vast majority of Michigan voters and House Bill 5255: no commercial net-pen aquaculture in the Great Lakes. “We’re pleased to see that the administration recognizes the threats that commercial net-pen aquaculture…
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