Posts by lschultz
REACH OUTDOORS: DRAGONS AT CEDAR LAKE
The rental season is underway! A live action role playing (LARP) group who have been camp renters for the past few years were the first group this season. After all of the hard work the volunteers have put in this spring to get the facility ready the Alliance LARP was very impressed by the upgrades…
Read MoreINVASIVE SPECIES – KILLER SHRIMP
Unless you’re allergic to shrimp, I bet you’ve never thought of shrimp as killers, and especially not in the Great Lakes. Killer shrimp (Dikerogammarus villosus) was added to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources banned species list in November 2014. They have not yet been found in Michigan; however there are many worries that they…
Read MoreMICHIGAN OUT-OF-DOORS PODCAST EP. 008 – CWD IN MICHIGAN
The DNR announced that, for the first time, a wild Michigan deer tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease. MUCC’s Amy Trotter, Drew YoungeDyke and Logan Schultz break down what that means for Michigan, from what CWD is, what it does to deer, how this deer was found, what the DNR is doing about it, and…
Read MoreIn the Field: Wired to Hunt
by Anna Mitterling, Wildlife Cooperative Coordinator Last week I had the privilege of being on the Wired to Hunt podcast. We talked about my position, what cooperatives are, and how to handle a slew of situations that cooperatives deal with. If you have not listened to it, it is worth your while to do so!…
Read MoreCHRONIC WASTING DISEASE (CWD) FOUND IN MICHIGAN
This Meridian Twp doe tested positive for CWD, the first in a wild Michigan deer. LANSING—Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) officials announced today that they have found Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a Meridian Township deer. The fatal neurological disease is transmitted among cervids (like deer and elk) through saliva and other fluids in…
Read MoreINVASIVE SPECIES – EUROPEAN FROG BIT
It’s 2015, and we’re still removing European frog-bit by hand. This aquatic invasive species was brought over from Asia and Europe as an ornamental pond plant in 1932. In 1939, this species planned its escape from the Arboretum of the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa where it was commercially grown. It crept down through Ottawa…
Read MoreIn the Field: Habitat Days
by Anna Mitterling, Wildlife Cooperative Coordinator Jason Myers talked about improving habitat on the landscape, and the slew of opportunities there are for cost sharing for habitat work on private land. Jason, and Farm Bill biologists like him, are also able to offer free technical support for writing management plans and offering habitat advice. Contact…
Read MoreINVASIVE SPECIES – PARROT FEATHER
Despite its label as a prohibited species in Michigan, parrot feather was recently spotted in the southeastern Lower Peninsula. This aquatic invasive species is closely related to the all-too-familiar Eurasian Water Milfoil that is found scattered throughout Michigan’s lakes. Parrot feather plants trace their origin to the banks of the Amazon River in South America.…
Read MoreREACH OUTDOORS – CAMPS ARE FILLING UP!
As of today it is exactly one month until the camp season officially starts and I move down to Cedar Lake. Taking a look at where we are for getting campers signed up this summer we are right on track. Our registration process has been keeping us busy. Many of our traditional clubs have continued…
Read MoreMICHIGAN OUT-OF-DOORS PODCAST EP. 007 – MUCC GOES TO WASHINGTON
We speak with MUCC Executive Director Dan Eichinger about his trip to Washington DC to advocate for wolf delisting and National Forest road access. We also talk about national deer priorities, state game area management and volunteering for wildlife habitat. [podcast]
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