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MUCC'S WILDLIFE HABITAT PROGRAM HEADS TO NW MICHIGAN
MUCC’s Wildlife Habitat Program will be reaching the NW Region of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula for the first time on Saturday, September 17th. Volunteers will be meeting at 9am at the Petobego State Game Area to build brush piles for rabbitat. The Petobego SGA is composed of 629 acres in Grand Traverse and Antrim Counties. It…
Read MoreVOLUNTEERS PLANT 230 TREES IN SHINGLETON STATE FOREST GEMS AREA
Last weekend’s wildlife habitat project was a great one in the Upper Peninsula’s Shingleton State Forest Garden Grade Rd Grouse Enhanced Management Site (GEMS) area. There was a turnout of 21 volunteers, despite the rain, to plant 230 mast-producing trees and shrubs. The trees and shrubs planted included ninebark, American mountain ash, American hazelnut, and…
Read MoreVOLUNTEERS BUILD BRUSH PILES IN THE ALLEGAN STATE GAME AREA
Last weekend’s weather couldn’t stop volunteers with MUCC’s Wildlife Habitat Program from improving wildlife habitat on public land. A group of fifteen volunteers met at the Allegan State Game Area to remove a half mile of wire fencing between an open field and a pine-oak stand. This fencing was acting as a barrier between a…
Read MoreOVER 1,000 VOLUNTEERS HAVE IMPROVED WILDLIFE HABITAT WITH MUCC
Last weekend, seven volunteers improved wildlife habitat in the Barry State Game Area by building four new brush piles for rabbitat. Volunteers cut black locust trees from a stand that is due to be cut as it’s reached its 30-year regeneration cycle. The Barry SGA does not have a sustainable aspen population, so the regeneration…
Read MoreMUCC AND THE NWTF IMPROVE HABITAT IN THE GRAYLING STATE FOREST
This past weekend, volunteers with MUCC’s Wildlife Habitat Program collaborated with the Northern Lower Peninsula region’s National Wild Turkey Federation Biologist (NWTF), Ryan Boyer, to improve wildlife habitat in the Grayling State Forest. This project is part of a larger Wildlife Habitat Grant partnership involving NWTF, the Ruffed Grouse Society (RGS), Whitetails Unlimited, and Michigan…
Read MoreGLASSEN SCHOLARS VOLUNTEER WITH MUCC AT THE ROSE LAKE STATE GAME AREA
Last weekend, volunteers including four of MSU’s Glassen Scholars improved rabbit habitat in the Rose Lake State Game Area. The group of nine total volunteers and DNR Wildlife staff built four large brush piles along the edges of a small wildlife opening. The area’s DNR Wildlife Technician, Chad Krumnauer, and I spent half a day…
Read MoreVOLUNTEER TO IMPROVE WILDLIFE HABITAT IN AUGUST 2016
Volunteers with MUCC’s Wildlife Habitat Program completed the second phase of an elk habitat maintenance project in the Pigeon River Country State Forest last weekend. The first phase of this project was completed in mid-May. The four-acre opening has now been cleared of encroaching timber and will be ready to be disked and planted next…
Read MoreMUCC AND THE METRO WEST STEELHEADERS CLEAN UP THE CLINTON RIVER
Last weekend, volunteers from the Metro West Steelheaders and the Clinton River Watershed Council teamed up with MUCC to clean up a section of the Clinton River. This was the third annual cleanup at Yates Park on the Clinton River. In prior years, volunteers removed a total of 700lbs of trash and debris from the…
Read MoreMUCC AND THE METRO-WEST STEELHEADERS CLEAN UP THE MANISTEE RIVER
Last weekend, volunteers with MUCC, the Metro West Steelheaders and Steelhead Manifesto spent a day cleaning up the Manistee River. This was the second annual river cleanup hosted there at the High Bridge Boat Launch access site. Volunteers expected to remove less trash and debris from the river and its banks than last year, which…
Read MoreOPPORTUNITIES TO VOLUNTEER FOR WILDLIFE WITH MUCC THIS SUMMER
As summertime is in full swing here in Michigan, keep these wildlife habitat improvement events in mind this summer as a way to give back to the public lands we all enjoy with our families and friends. I can’t help but notice the boats, bikes, and RV’s taking over the highways as I travel to…
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