Policy
BEAR HUNTERS ASKING DNR TO BAN CHOCOLATE IN BAIT
LANSING—Michigan’s bear hunting community is asking the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to consider banning the use of solid chocolate in bear baits. Chocolate contains theobromine, which can be toxic to bears and other wildlife in high quantities. “As hunters, we have a responsibility to look out for wildlife. We take that seriously,” said…
Read MoreMICHIGAN LOOKS TO LEGALIZE SUPPRESSORS FOR HUNTING
Last month, the Michigan Natural Resources Commission (NRC) heard testimony on the merits of suppressor hunting at a public hearing in Lansing, MI. During the meeting, a member of the Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Division delivered a presentation to the NRC expressing that their department does not object to allowing hunters to use…
Read MoreTHINKING AHEAD TO 2016 WATERFOWL HUNTING
While we haven’t even full closed out the 2015 waterfowl season yet, planning is underway to set the season dates and bag limits for the waterfowl seasons for next year already. Due to a change in timing of the federal and state regulation cycle process, this year and moving forward the Michigan Citizens Waterfowl Advisory…
Read MoreMUCC: TOP 20 OF 2014
2014 was a huge year here at Michigan United Conservation Clubs: The passing of CPWM, new rifle zone laws, drone legislation, the biggest summer for Michigan OutofDoors you Camp, and the expansion of On-the-Ground. Michigan Radio even reported, “MUCC has it’s mojo back”. Honestly, this was just the tip of the iceberg. Looking back on…
Read MoreMUCC: TOP 20 OF 2014 | 20 THROUGH 16
Illustration by Viktor Koen Take some time to look back on 2014. Share the stories, remember the memories and get pumped for 2015! 20. What is Humane Society’s Agenda Against Hunters? 19. Canceled Wolf Hunt Draws no Howls 18. No Wolf Hunt in 2014, No Matter What Happens on November Referendums 17. DNR 2014 Upper Peninsula Deer Hunting Forecast…
Read MoreMUCC: TOP 20 OF 2014 | 15 THROUGH 11
15. House Passes Pro-Hunting Citizen Initiative Into Law 14. MOOT Wolf Hunting Proposals Defeated, Hunt Will Continue Under Citizen Initiative Passed in August 13. Wolf Attack Kills Four Hunting Dogs 12. The Opener: Muzzleloading Season Coming Soon Across Michigan 11. Reminder: “Shotgun Zone” Changes
Read MoreMICHIGAN BEAR HUNT RESULTS EXCEEDED PROJECTIONS
Michigan’s 2015 black bear hunting season came to an end in October, and we now have the preliminary registration results. Statewide 1,625 bears were harvested by state-licensed hunters in 2015 (which does not include tribal harvest of another 71 bears), meaning bear harvest increased about 12% since 2014 as success rates climbed yet again. However,…
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 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 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…
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