Posts Tagged ‘publiclands’
VOLUNTEERS PART OF FULTON SGA MANAGEMENT PLAN
Last weekend, volunteers built ten new brush piles at the Fulton State Game Area. This is the third year that volunteers with MUCC’s wildlife habitat program have improved rabbit habitat in the area. It is part of Fulton SGA’s Wildlife Management plan to have volunteers build fifty brush piles over a ten-year span in areas…
Read MoreNEW WILDLIFE HABITAT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES SCHEDULED
MUCC’s volunteer-based wildlife habitat program has revisited several state game areas each year to continue habitat improvement there. Volunteers have attended projects at the Gratiot-Saginaw SGA, Fulton SGA, Crane Pond SGA, Allegan SGA, and the Pigeon River Country Forest each year since the start of this program in 2013- as long as there are habitat…
Read MoreVOLUNTEERS BUILD BRUSH PILES FOR RABBITAT
I hope everyone took advantage of the awesome weather and got outside over the weekend! Thirteen volunteers returned to the Gratiot-Saginaw State Game Area last weekend to build brush piles for rabbitat and clear shrubs and encroaching timber from a wildlife opening. Among those volunteers were Doug and Dianne Reeves who are both enjoying recent…
Read MoreMUCC'S WILDLIFE HABITAT PROGRAM AT GRATIOT-SAGINAW SGA
This weekend, MUCC’s wildlife habitat program will be completing a project at the Gratiot-Saginaw State Game Area; making this the fourth habitat project we’ve hosted in the area with the first project being in 2013. In previous projects, volunteers along with the students built large brush piles for rabbitat in fence-rows and on field edges.…
Read MoreHUNTER SAFETY INSTRUCTORS TEACH NEW HUNTERS TO BE ETHICAL AND RESPONSIBLE HUNTERS
I attended the Hunter Safety Education Course at the Dowagiac Conservation Club hosted by Furmer Reed this past weekend. Furmer is on MUCC’s Board of Directors and happily agreed to mentor me as I am completing my Hunter Education Instructor Certification. Although I obtained my hunter safety certificate over a decade ago as a youth,…
Read MoreVOLUNTEERS GIVE HARE-CUTS IN THE GRAYLING STATE FOREST
For the third consecutive year, MUCC’s volunteer-based wildlife habitat program has coordinated with DNR Wildlife Biologist Brian Piccolo and DNR Wildlife Technician Tim Riley to improve snowshoe hare habitat in the Grayling State Forest. Last weekend, volunteers hinge-cut trees to provide cover in gap areas of lowland conifer type forest. Eight volunteers from various locations…
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