Northern Michigan Conservation Network

Feb. 2, 2011 by Paul Smith – Milwaukee JS online Wolf, bear, coyote or bobcat. If you had to name the carnivore that kills the most white-tailed deer in the Upper Midwest, which would you pick? If you are thinking smaller rather than larger, you’re on the right track. The answer is coyote, at least […]

Following a State of the Union address during which the president focused heavily on jobs, economics and natural resources, the TRCP released its TRCP 2012 Conservation Policy Agenda, highlighting federal funding challenges and key policy issues central to the nation’s hunting and angling traditions. Ensuring strong funding for conservation programs – many of which face […]

This may sound like a pretty benign land exchange, but this involves lands which were acquired through the use of public recreational dollars.  Unfortunately there is never a winner when the choices presented appear to be between “jobs” and the protection of our public recreational acquisitions. http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2012/02/sand_products_co_suggests_movi.html 02/12/12 By Dave Alexander | dalexan1@mlive.com   MUSKEGON – Sand […]

As natural resource management issues in Michigan continue to become increasingly politicized, this poll reinforces what has long been suspected; that is sportsmen in the western states have been able to balance a conservative political perspective and environmental and wildlife conservation.  Bob Marshall writes: A poll released Monday by the Colorado College found “western voters across the […]

This week marked the 75th anniversary of one our great sportsman-based conservation groups, Ducks Unlimited. What began as a small group of Depression-era hunters trying desperately to save our dwindling waterfowl populations in the depths of the Dust Bowl has grown into one the largest, most recognizable and respected conservation brands in North America. From […]