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On the Ground: Habitat Highlight
This Saturday, a group of volunteers will be improving wildlife habitat in the Allegan State Game Area. Various types of wildlife habitat improvement projects have been hosted in the Allegan SGA through MUCC’s On the Ground program over the past five years. Ongoing projects include building brush piles for rabbitat, aspen regeneration, tree plantings for…
Read MoreOTG Jr Set to Complete Several Events This Month
It’s mid-October here in Michigan and several hunting seasons are in progress. Whether you hunt small game, deer, waterfowl, or upland birds, there are endless opportunities to get out on public lands that Michigan has to offer. MUCC’s On the Ground Jr program will be busy introducing several student groups to wildlife habitat conservation and…
Read MoreOn the Ground 2017 Wildlife Habitat Program Season Recap
Another successful year of wildlife habitat improvement projects completed by volunteers and partnerships with MUCC’s On the Ground program has gone by. A total of 25 wildlife habitat improvement projects were completed, including 3 OTG Jr events, engaging 452 volunteers and students and investing 121 project hours (54,692 volunteer hours) into habitat work on public…
Read MoreMUCC'S OTG PROGRAM PARTNERS WITH DNR, NWTF AND CAMP GRAYLING
This past weekend, volunteers with MUCC’s On the Ground program partnered with Camp Grayling, the Department of Natural Resources, and the National Wild Turkey Federation to complete a wildlife habitat improvement project in the Grayling State Forest. Ryan Boyer-District Biologist for the NWTF, Brian Piccolo- DNR Wildlife Biologist for the area and Mike Ravesi with Camp Grayling…
Read MoreOTG 2017 SEASON COMES TO AN END AT THE GRAYLING STATE FOREST
This Saturday, volunteers with MUCC’s On the Ground (OTG) program will be partnering with the Department of Natural Resources, the National Wild Turkey Federation, and Camp Grayling for a wildlife habitat improvement project under their Wildlife Habitat Grant. A total of 150 trees will be planted to improve habitat for the areas turkey, whitetail deer, black…
Read MoreOTG IMPROVES WILDLIFE HABITAT IN THE NORTHERN LOWER AND UPPER PENINSULA
Last weekend was a busy one for MUCC’s On the Ground program and volunteers. On Friday, a group of 12 volunteers removed small trees and shrubs from a 20-acre area at Inspiration Point in the Pigeon River Country State Forest to restore the area to a wildlife opening. Then, on Saturday, a group of 23 volunteers planted…
Read MoreLANSING AREA TEACHERS BUILD BRUSH PILES AND MEET OTG JR
Last week, an On the Ground event was hosted at the Rose Lake State Game Area with the GRAND Learning Network as part of their annual orientation. This week, MUCC’s OTG program is focusing on wrapping up the project season with three more events. Coming up this Friday, August 25th, OTG will be joining the NCCC…
Read MoreOTG JR MEETS THE GRAND LEARNING NETWORK
Tomorrow, MUCC’s Wildlife Habitat Improvement Program will be partnering with Lansing’s GRAND Learning Network to complete a rabbitat project at the Rose Lake State Game Area during their annual orientation day. There will be 25 teachers attending the orientation from schools in the Greater Lansing area. While this event will be conducted with adults, the focus will…
Read MoreUPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE WILDLIFE HABITAT WITH MUCC AUGUST 2017
Keep an eye out for more opportunities to improve wildlife habitat in your most treasured public land areas coming up in August. Volunteers with MUCC’s Wildlife Habitat Improvement Program have completed 17 projects throughout the state for the current cycle already, but there will be a handful more projects in August and September. So far…
Read MoreMUCC VOLUNTEERS REMOVE OVER 500LBS OF TRASH FROM THE MANISTEE & CLINTON RIVERS
Over the past two weekends, volunteers with MUCC’s On the Ground program and the Metro-West Steelheaders participated in two river clean-up events. Last weekend, a total of 63 volunteers participated in the 3rd Annual Manistee River Clean-up to improve fish habitat and spawning areas from Tippy Dam to Rainbow Bend. This past Saturday, a total of…
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