Posts Tagged ‘publiclands’
On the Ground: A Year in Review
During the 2021-2022 fiscal year, On the Ground volunteers showed up to improve wildlife habitat and recreational access on Michigan’s public lands. Through 22 OTG projects, 546 volunteers spent more than 1,515 hours improving 255 acres of wildlife habitat throughout the state! In 2022, grade schools participated in 6 habitat improvement projects, making students a…
Read MoreOn the Ground: Students from Reese High School Improve Habitat In and Around the Cass River
On Wednesday, September 21, 2022, juniors and seniors from Reese High School joined MUCC’s On the Ground (OTG) program in cleaning-up public access sites along the Cass River in Vassar Township. Conservation students picked-up multiple bags of litter and removed large items of trash from the Cass River and surrounding access sites including tires, vehicle…
Read MoreOn the Ground: Year-to-Date Impacts and What’s to Come
With only about one week left until autumn, MUCC’s On the Ground (OTG) program is prepping for it’s short but sweet fall field season. This October, we’ll be planting mast-producing trees in Kalkaska County and then putting our rubber boots to the ground at Pierce cedar Creek Institute in Hastings to remove invasive woody vegetation…
Read MoreOn the Ground: Volunteers Improve Accessible Hunting Blinds at Maple River State Game Area
On Saturday, August 27, 2022, a small but mighty crew of OTG volunteers gathered at the accessible hunting blinds in the Central Unit of Maple River State Game Area to clear shooting lanes and spruce-up the blinds in time for deer season. These accessible blinds are located near the intersection of S Smith Road and…
Read MoreOTG program unveils new logo, new look as it hopes to reach 21st-century conservationists
Next year marks the 10-year anniversary for MUCC’s award-winning stewardship program On the Ground (OTG). What better way to celebrate such a milestone than by giving the program a facelift to reflect its evolution and betterment of our natural resources? Michigan United Conservation Clubs’ OTG program was launched in early 2013 with the aim of…
Read MoreOn the Ground: Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities
With only about a month left of summer, we look towards fall for crisper days, colorful trees and perfect weather for putting our boots to the ground to improve wildlife habitat and public land access throughout Michigan! There are multiple opportunities to volunteer with OTG through the month of October including planting trees for wildlife…
Read MoreOn the Ground: Volunteers Remove Hundreds of Pounds of Trash from the Manistee River
On Saturday, July 16, 2022, 52 OTG volunteers gathered in partnership with Steelhead Manifesto at the High Bridge Boat Launch in Brethren to clean-up trash from the Manistee River by boat, kayak, and on foot. Those with boats welcomed others onto the water and worked together to gather trash from Rainbow Bend in Manistee to…
Read MoreVolunteer with OTG at Verona State Game Area in August
Join MUCC’s On the Ground (OTG) program and Macomb County Pheasants Forever in assembling and placing an informational kiosk and planting wildflower seed for a 1/2 acre pollinator plot in the Verona State Game Area in Huron County. Verona State Game Area is located near the tip of Michigan’s “thumb.” In a landscape dominated by…
Read MoreVolunteer with On the Ground at Rose Lake State Game Area Next Week!
Join us in kicking-off MUCC’s Annual Convention by volunteering to improve wildlife habitat and hunter access at Rose Lake State Game Area. On Friday, June 24, 2022 from 10am-2pm, OTG will be partnering with the MI Department of Natural Resources to repair a hunter access bridge and remove invasive vegetation within the SGA. Please register…
Read MoreOn the Ground Junior: Spring Recap and How to Get Your Classroom Involved
Student volunteers were hard at work this spring planting trees, constructing pollinator gardens, removing invasive vegetation from local state game areas, and building brush piles on public land. MUCC’s On the Ground Junior (OTG Jr.) program brings grade-school students into the great outdoors where they can participate in wildlife habitat improvement projects on public land…
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