Posts by lschultz
$2.00 OFF YOUR TICKET TO OUTDOORAMA
Whether it’s hunting, fishing, boating, canoeing, hiking, mushroom hunting or bird watching, this show has plenty to offer. The Outfitter’s Expo area along with major feature attractions like Big Buck Night, Wildlife Encounters and the Trout Pond provide the best place to book the trip of a lifetime or entertain the family. In addition, with…
Read MoreMICHIGAN OUT-OF-DOORS PODCAST EP. 20 – THE KITCHEN SINK
Episode 20 is live! Logan, Drew and MUCC Wildlife Volunteer Coordinator Sarah Topp cover every thing from why you should take pictures of your food to public land, deer hunting, wolves and politics.
Read MoreIn the Field: Calling 'Yotes
by Anna Mitterling, Wildlife Cooperative Coordinator On Saturday, I went to Cabela’s for a Coyote Hunting Seminar by Todd Sullivan, owner of Dogbreath Coyote Calls. Todd did a great job, and I feel more equipped as a hunter to better think through, plan and have a higher chance at successfully hunting coyotes using the information…
Read MoreTAX PROTECTION FOR CHARITABLE CONSERVATION CLUBS
It’s been an increasingly common trend: Conservation clubs like yours which have long been tax-exempt from local property tax assessments due to the public service they provide find themselves in the crosshairs of new assessors as local budgets tighten. That’s not right. So Michigan United Conservation Clubs is doing something about it. For the past…
Read MoreINVASIVE SPECIES | NEW ZEALAND MUD SNAIL
The New Zealand Mud Snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum) is a species of very small or minute freshwater snail that is considered an invasive species around many parts of the world, where the snail populations can reach phenomenal densities. The species is native to New Zealand and adjacent small islands, generally surviving in the freshwater streams and…
Read MoreANGLERS UNITED AGAINST COMMERCIAL AQUACULTURE IN THE GREAT LAKES
On November 19, several dozen people attended a public meeting at Treetops in Gaylord to learn more about a recently released report from a scientific advisory panel, which was asked to take a look at opportunities around commercial scale net-pen aquaculture in the Great Lakes. MUCC staff and members, along with Trout Unlimited, Michigan Steelhead…
Read MoreTHE MANY BENEFITS OF TRAPPING
from www.Ussportsmen.org Our trapping heritage played an important role in the discovery and early economics of the United States – and it still does today. Trading posts and companies followed trappers west, creating jobs and providing a foundation for communities. Trappers were valuable citizens who provided resources and skills that people depended upon for survival. Unfortunately,…
Read MoreMUTE SWANS A THREAT TO WETLANDS AND WILDLIFE
Most of the swans we see all around Michigan are not native to Michigan, which many people seem to forget since they’ve been here for 150 years. Mute swans were introduced to North America in the mid-1800’s, essentially as lawn and park ornaments—we could call them the original pink plastic flamingo, except that they move…
Read MoreWOLF SCIENTISTS URGE FEDERAL DELISTING IN GREAT LAKES
Today, a group of nationally-renowned wolf scientists sent a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Congress urging for wolves in the western Great Lakes to be returned to state management due to their biological recovery in the region. While wolves have exceeded Endangered Species Act recovery goals since 1999, a federal judge’s…
Read MoreDNR SUSPECTS FOURTH DEER WITH CWD
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources suspects that a fourth free-ranging white-tailed deer may have Chronic Wasting Disease in Michigan. The news comes just days before the start of the state’s annual firearm deer season. (Stock photo from MUCC – not the actual CWD deer) The deer, a year and a half old buck, was…
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