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On the Ground Junior: High School Students Build Brush Piles and Deploy Trail Cameras for Wildlife with MUCC and The Nature Conservancy in Luce County
On September 27, 2023, high school students and instructors from Lake Superior State University’s Career in Technical Education program participated in MUCC’s On the Ground Junior program in partnership with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to improve wildlife habitat in the Two-Hearted River Forest Preserve north of Newberry. During this stewardship project, students cut down overgrown…
Read MoreOn the Ground: Volunteers helped deFENd unique habitat at Gourdneck State Game Area
On Saturday, September 9, 2023, 26 On the Ground 21 volunteers gathered at Gourdneck State Game Area in Kalamazoo County to remove woody invasives from a unique prairie fen habitat. In total, 2 acres of public land were improved by the removal of woody invasives like glossy buckthorn, autumn olive, and honeysuckle. Volunteers split up…
Read MoreFamily Events this Weekend
This weekend kicks off a busy season for getting youth engaged with the outdoors. To start, it is the youth hunt weekend for deer. A weekend of new experiences and quality family time in the blind throughout the state. There are also a couple of large family events happening this weekend that the MUCC team…
Read MoreSeptember NRC Preview
Michigan United Conservation Clubs (MUCC) will be presenting to the Natural Resources Commission (NRC) Policy and Governance Committee at the September NRC meeting. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. on Sept. 14 at Lansing Community College West Campus. MUCC will be presenting policy resolutions passed at the March Annual Convention, and provide…
Read MoreVolunteers needed to help remove invasive buckthorn with On The Ground in Kalamazoo County
MUCC’s On the Ground (OTG) program will be partnering once again with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) to improve wildlife habitat by removing invasive buckthorn from Gourdneck State Game Area. Volunteers are needed on Saturday, September 9 from 9am to noon. We ask that volunteers please arrive 5-10 minutes early to sign in.…
Read MoreHelp FENd-off invasive buckthorn with On the Ground!
On Saturday, September 9, 2023, On the Ground (OTG) will co-host another stewardship work day with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) and the City of Portage Parks and Recreation Department at Gourdneck State Game Area (SGA) in Kalamazoo County. Volunteers are needed on Saturday, September 9 from 9:00 AM to noon to help…
Read MoreOn the Ground: Volunteers Plant Native Flowers at Pierce Cedar Creek Institute in Barry County
On Saturday, June 26, 2023, 22 volunteers joined MUCC’s On the Ground program and Pierce Cedar Creek Institute in a wildflower planting to help improve wildlife habitat in Barry County. Volunteers gathered at PCCI’s Meadow Lodge in perfect flower-planting weather – cloudy and not humid. After signing in and a brief introduction to the project,…
Read MoreHelp Improve Upland Bird Habitat with On the Ground and Pierce Cedar Creek Institute in Barry County
MUCC’s On the Ground (OTG) program will be collaborating once again with Pierce Cedar Creek Institute (PCCI) to improve wildlife habitat by planting native wildflower plugs on active restoration units on PCCI’s grounds. Volunteers are needed on Saturday, June 24, from 9am to noon. Please arrive 5-10 minutes early to sign-in. In 2021, the Institute…
Read MoreMUCC’s AmeriCorps Training: Building Young Professionals
Last week from June 6th to June 8th MUCC hosted a three-day elective training at Michigan Out-Of-Doors-Youth Camp. Attendees included AmeriCorps members, Out-of-Doors camp staff and MSU Glassen Scholars from National Wild Turkey Federation and the National Wildlife Federation. The three-day training aimed to teach what being a conservation professional is all about, from different…
Read MoreSpring into April with these On the Ground Opportunities
Warm weather has finally arrived in Michigan; the birds are singing, and the spring buds are blooming. What better way to enjoy this warm weather than by going outside to help enhance habitat for Michigan’s wildlife? There are multiple opportunities to volunteer with On the Ground (OTG) this April. From watershed cleanups to building brush…
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