Wildlife Cooperatives

by Anna Mitterling, Wildlife Cooperative Coordinator Well, I have been in my position as the Michigan WIldlife Cooperative Coordinator for almost two months now.  The time has flown by, and I know it won’t slow down anytime soon!  I have the pleasure of traveling around the state and meeting a bunch of pretty phenomenal people.…

 by Anna Mitterling, Wildlife Cooperative Coordinator My husband and I have been looking for a plot of land to live, hunt, and dream on – and we seem to have found “the one!” As a soon-to-be private landowner, there is so much information I am trying to take in about how to manage the habitat,…

by Anna Mitterling, Wildlife Cooperative Coordinator The most common question I get asked in my position is – How do I start a cooperative? There are many ways to go about starting up a cooperative. Of over 80 wildlife cooperatives in Michigan, each was started in a slightly different way. What works for one group, may…

FEB 09, 2015 by Anna Mitterling, Wildlife Cooperative Coordinator When I think about a Cooperative meeting, I think of venison chili, antlers getting scored, a few kids running around, and of course venison sausage and cheese. There is typically a map where landowners can highlight their parcels, a sign-up list to collect email addresses of…

FEB 03, 2015 by Anna Mitterling, Wildlife Cooperative Coordinator On Saturday I had the pleasure of attending the Michigan Pheasants Forever Convention. It was a great event filled with good speakers and committed leaders in the wildlife management community. One thing that never ceases to amaze me about being at events like this, is the…

MUCC Wildlife Cooperative Coordinator: Anna MitterlingPartnership Between DNR, Pheasants Forever, QDMA, MUCC to Improve Private Land HabitatLANSING – Private landowners and hunters have a new resource available to them. Michigan United Conservation Clubs (MUCC), in partnership with Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA), and Pheasants Forever (PF) have collaborated…