On The Ground
On the Ground: Volunteers remove hundreds of pounds of trash from the Clinton River Watershed
On Saturday, April 15, 2023, 28 volunteers gathered at Beaudette Park in Pontiac, Michigan to take part in the Clinton River Watershed Clean-Up hosted by MUCC’s On the Ground (OTG) program and the Metro-West Steelheaders. Once the clean-up started, volunteers broke off into smaller groups to remove trash from around the park including the forested…
Read MoreVolunteer with On the Ground in Eaton County this Spring!
Join MUCC and Eaton Conservation District on Saturday, May 20 from 10am-2pm. Volunteers will be working in groups to remove old fencing from one area and install new fencing in another area of the Potterville State Game Area. Long durable pants, long sleeves, and close-toed shoes are required as you may be working with barbed wire.…
Read MoreSpring into April with these On the Ground Opportunities
Warm weather has finally arrived in Michigan; the birds are singing, and the spring buds are blooming. What better way to enjoy this warm weather than by going outside to help enhance habitat for Michigan’s wildlife? There are multiple opportunities to volunteer with On the Ground (OTG) this April. From watershed cleanups to building brush…
Read MoreHabitat Project in the Huron-Mansitee National Forest Needs Volunteers
On the Ground, Michigan United Conservation Clubs’ (MUCC) volunteer stewardship and habitat improvement program, will celebrate its 200th habitat project on May 13 in Manistee County by planting more than 2,000 native wildflower plugs. The wildflower plugs planted near 6 Mile Bridge in the Huron-Manistee National Forest will support MDNR and USFS habitat management goals…
Read MoreHelp Restore Kirtland’s Warbler Habitat in Crawford County with On the Ground
On Saturday, May 6, 2023, the Kirtland’s Warbler Alliance (KWA) is hosting a Jack Pine Planting Day in partnership with MUCC’s On the Ground (OTG) program, Huron Pines, and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Join us in planting jack pines to improve Kirtland’s warbler habitat in Crawford County. In October 2019, the Kirkland’s warbler…
Read MoreGain an EDGE over habitat loss by volunteering to improve edge habitat with On the Ground
Port Huron State Game Area (PHSGA) encompasses over 7,000 acres of land throughout Grant, Clyde, and Kimbal townships in St. Clair County. PHSGA provides diverse habitat types such as forests, grasslands, wetlands, and floodplains. Due to this diversity, PHSGA offers habitat for many game species such as deer, turkey, woodcock, and on occasion, ruffed grouse.…
Read MoreVolunteers kick-off MUCC’s 2023 Annual Convention by enhancing wildlife habitat at Edmore State Game Area
Late last week, volunteers helped us kick-off MUCC’s Annual Convention by volunteering for wildlife at a state game area that’s brand new to MUCC’s On the Ground (OTG) program! On Friday, March 24, a group of 23 volunteers including boy scouts, local landowners, and MUCC staff, spent the morning cutting invasive autumn olive shrubs and…
Read MoreWater you doing on April 15? Why not volunteer to clean up the Clinton River Watershed?
Join On the Ground in partnership with Clinton River Watershed Council and Metro-West Steelheaders as we clean up Dawson’s Millpond at Beaudette Park and Upper Silver Lake at Hawthorne Park in Pontiac, MI (Oakland County). Volunteers are needed on Saturday, April 15, 2023, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Keeping both Dawson’s Mill Pond and…
Read MoreSpring is on the horizon, end your hibernation by volunteering at an upcoming On the Ground project
March 20 marks the first day of spring. With warmer weather on the horizon, what better way to combat the winter blues than improving Michigan’s natural habitat with On the Ground? There are multiple opportunities to volunteer with OTG this spring – from watershed clean-ups to building brush piles and edge-habitat enhancement, OTG welcomes volunteers…
Read MoreOn the Ground: Volunteers Improve Fish Habitat in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
On Saturday, March 4, 2023, 30 volunteers joined MUCC’s OTG program in partnership with the UP Resource Conservation and Development Council (UP RC&D) and Alger Conservation District for a volunteer stewardship day at Au Train Lake in Alger County. Volunteers created brush bundles/course woody debris structures that will be deployed throughout the lake, helping to…
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