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by Shaun McKeon, MUCC Education Director  One of the goals at MUCC is to create future generations of hunting and fishing sportsmen and women.  Before the holiday break I had a fantastic opportunity to plant the seed of conservation with a group of middle school students from Otisville, Michigan. I was invited to visit Lakeville…

HELP US FIND SOME SPECIAL WINTER STONEFLIES! Winter Stoneflies are elusive. These underwater creatures elude most predators by growing  during the winter months when most fish are more sluggish. They live only in good quality streams so searching for them tells us about problems in the river and its streams. For more information about stoneflies check…

As Michigan OutofDoors Youth Camp at Cedar Lake Outdoor Center continues to grow, we find ourselves in need of equipment donations to help make the program great.  By contributing to our program you are having a direct impact on over 350 kids each summer and are providing them the opportunity to have the summer of a…

 Drew YoungeDyke, Field Manager When MUCC was founded, I doubt anyone foresaw that we’d have to defend fair-chase hunting principles from hunting with drones. But new technologies are always emerging; I even finally bought an iPhone, catching up with the current decade’s technology halfway through. This was as much for the functionality as to halt…

 Drew YoungeDyke This past weekend, I did something that combines two of my favorite passions: backpack bowhunting. Never mind that it got down to zero degrees at night; that just makes it cooler. I didn’t get a deer as the snow was way too crunchy most of the weekend to still-hunt, but I had a…

 Drew YoungeDyke Michigan’s hunters, anglers and trappers accomplished big things in 2014, and they were possible only because individuals volunteered their time and effort to get things done. From policy wins like the Scientific Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act to On the Ground habitat projects, I was lucky this year to get a front row…

 Photo: Wikimedia  By Breelynn Martin for 9and10news.com Elk poaching is on the rise in Northern Michigan and it has the Department of Natural Resources and conservation groups taking action. Since the start of firearm deer season, the DNR says they’ve had five to seven cases of elk poaching. That is more cases than usual. The…

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 Photo: David Kenyon – MDNR by John Barnes, from MLive.com Michigan’s largest conservation organization is expected to push for changes in laws that have vast differences in fines for illegally killing elk versus trophy deer. Drew Youngedyke, spokesman for the Michigan United Conservation Clubs, says the organization likely will take up the matter by this…

 Photo: Michigan Tech U/AP FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 15, 2014 Contact: Drew YoungeDyke, Field Manager | 517.346.6486 | dyoungedyke@mucc.org LANSING—The groups supporting Citizens for Professional Wildlife Management are doubling the reward offered by the Department of Natural Resources to catch poachers who killed two wolves recently in the Upper Peninsula. Citizens for Professional Wildlife Management was the ballot…