NRC Recap, Minus CWD

By Ian FitzGerald, MUCC Policy Intern

This recap includes everything that MUCC felt was relevant at the NRC meeting last Thursday except for the topic of CWD. A more intensive and thorough release will include MUCC’s take on the CWD proposal and what the organization likes or would like changed.

Bobcat regulations, squirrel season changes and financial updates were all on the agenda at Thursday’s Natural Resources Commission meeting.

A decision was made by the commission to reduce the bobcat limit to one, with the exception of private landowners in the Upper Peninsula being allotted a bag limit of two.

The commission also took action on regulating the fisher and marten season to 10 days. There is also a combined bag limit of two for fishers and martens with an individual license, of which no more than one may be a fisher. The commission also extended squirrel season to include the whole month of March. The new squirrel season is now from September 15-March 31.

The DNR Fisheries Chief Jim Dexter presented a 2018 fiscal year budget of $30.6 million before the Policy Committee on Finance and Administration. About 65 percent of the budget is for fisheries resources management, and 32 percent is going towards the fish production at hatcheries. Jim Francis from the fisheries division spoke about a proposal to allow muskellunge spearing on Lake St. Clair. The department has recommended not to go through with the proposal over concerns with a decline in muskellunge population and catch rates.

The DNR Wildlife Chief Russ Mason highlighted their budget of $50.5 million for fiscal year 2018. In 2017, $3.5 million was

put towards disease management. There will be an increase to $4.2 million for disease management in the 2018 fiscal year. There is a breakdown of 70 percent going towards chronic wasting disease, and 30 percent towards bovine tuberculosis. Erik Eklund outlined the 2019 DNR budget before the committee, which has been approved through the legislature and is awaiting the governor’s signature.

The Michigan State Parks Advisory Committee got an update on the Belle Isle Strategic Management Plan. Belle Isle State Park has the most visitors of any state park in the nation — totaling about 4.2 million annual visitors. Total investments over the last three years to improve the satisfaction of those visitors has equaled about $48 million. Looking forward, there are many construction projects to be completed or currently underway at a cost of over $6 million, with much of the funding coming grants. These projects include storm drain repair, stormwater assessments, Iron Belle trail design, picnic areas, and a boating access site assessment, as well as invasive species control.

Oakland County is working with the DNR to create an off-road vehicle park near the Mt. Holly Ski and Snowboard Resort. This park would entail 130 acres of trails that was a prior gravel mining pit. The land that was acquired by the state in 2014 has a few more changes to undergo, and Oakland County hopes to have it ready by July of next year.

3 Comments

  1. Terry S. Singeltary Sr. on June 20, 2018 at 10:49 am

    THURSDAY, JUNE 07, 2018

    Michigan DNR to present chronic wasting disease recommendations to Natural Resources Commission Singeltary submission

    http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2018/06/michigan-dnr-to-present-chronic-wasting.html

    WEDNESDAY, MARCH 07, 2018

    ***> Michigan DNR CWD National Perspective: Captive Herd Certification Program – Dr. Tracy Nichols

    ***> CURRENT STATUS OF CWD IN CAPTIVE CERVID HERDS IN 16 STATES AS OF MAY 2017

    43 ELK HERDS

    37 WTD HERDS

    1 RED DEER HERD

    6 MIX SPECIES HERDS

    85 CWD-POSITIVE CAPTIVE HERDS

    snip…see

    http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2018/03/michigan-dnr-cwd-national-perspective.html

    MONDAY, JUNE 18, 2018

    Wisconsin DATCP Confirms CWD-Positive Deer in Marinette County farm has been quarantined

    http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2018/06/wisconsin-datcp-confirms-cwd-positive.html

    WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2018

    Wisconsin DATCP NVSL confirmed 21 WTD from a deer farm Iowa County tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD)

    http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2018/06/wisconsin-datcp-nvsl-confirmed-21-wtd.html

    TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 2018

    Missouri MDC sets CWD sampling efforts for upcoming deer season with 75 free ranging deer confirmed positive to date

    http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2018/06/missouri-mdc-sets-cwd-sampling-efforts.html

    FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 2018

    Pennsylvania CWD Cases Triple in One Year

    http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2018/06/pennsylvania-cwd-cases-triple-in-one.html

    MONDAY, MAY 21, 2018

    Colorado Chronic Wasting disease CWD TSE Prion hits 16 percent of male deer, elk, moose tested in some parts of state

    http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2018/05/colorado-chronic-wasting-disease-cwd.html

    SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2018

    TEXAS SUMMARY MINUTES OF THE 400th COMMISSION MEETING CWD TSE PRION TAHC April 17, 2018

    http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2018/06/texas-summary-minutes-of-400th.html

    SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2018

    MINNESOTA STATE AUDITORS Board of Animal Health has failed to enforce some laws relating to deer and elk farms A CWD TSE PRION GLOBAL UPDATE

    http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2018/04/minnesota-state-auditors-board-of.html

    Date: May 4, 2018 at 12:39:00 PM EDT

    To: Terry Singeltary

    Subject: Mineral licks as environmental reservoirs of chronic wasting disease prions

    Mineral licks as environmental reservoirs of chronic wasting disease prions

    Ian H. Plummer,Chad J. Johnson,Alexandra R. Chesney,Joel A. Pedersen,Michael D. Samuel

    http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2018/05/mineral-licks-as-environmental.html

    SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 2018

    Chronic Wasting Disease CWD TSE Prion Goes Global Finland Falls, Behind Norway and S. Korea

    FINLAND REPORTS FIRST CASE OF CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE CWD TSE PRION IN A moose or European elk (Alces alces)

    http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2018/03/finland-reports-first-case-of-chronic.html

    WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2018

    The executioner in Nordfjella and Chronic Wasting Disease CWD TSE Prion Skrantesjuke

    http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-executioner-in-nordfjella-and.html

    TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2018

    NORWAY CWD TSE PRION Skrantesjuke Nordfjella zone 1 Complete Eradication Complete

    http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2018/02/norway-cwd-tse-prion-skrantesjuke.html

    TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2018

    ***> Chronic wasting disease: Bambi vs. the prion

    Research Project: Immunodiagnostics to Detect Prions and Other Important Animal Pathogens

    Location: Produce Safety and Microbiology Research

    http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2018/04/chronic-wasting-disease-bambi-vs-prion.html

    with sad regards, terry

  2. Terry Singeltary on November 13, 2018 at 1:36 pm

    i thought some of you here might want an update on the cwd tse prion disease.

    here goes, it’s not pretty, so don’t shoot the messenger, i am full of holes…terry

    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 03, 2018

    Texas Reports 13 more cases of Chronic Wasting Disease CWD TSE Prion in Breeder Deer state total jumps to 130 Confirmed to date

    http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2018/10/texas-reports-13-more-cases-of-chronic.html

    SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2018

    cwd, bse, scrapie, cjd, tse prion updated November 10 2018

    https://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2018/11/cwd-bse-scrapie-cjd-tse-prion-updated.html

    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2018

    ***> Norway New additional requirements for imports of hay and straw for animal feed from countries outside the EEA due to CWD TSE Prion

    https://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2018/10/norway-new-additional-requirements-for.html

    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 04, 2018

    ***> Cervid to human prion transmission 5R01NS088604-04 Update

    http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2018/10/cervid-to-human-prion-transmission.html

  3. Terry Singeltary on March 30, 2019 at 10:17 pm

    THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2019

    Michigan CWD Identified in a Montcalm County Farmed Deer

    https://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2019/03/michigan-cwd-identified-in-montcalm.html

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