Northern Michigan Conservation Network

As many of you likely know by now, the publication of  The North Woods Call has resumed after a 1 ½ year suspension, following the passing of conservation legend Glen Sheppard.  This news comes at an especially good time for those of us who have struggled in our attempt to at least partially fill this […]

Following up on our July 31, 2012 post Great Lakes Water Level Update  https://nmconservationnetwork.org/2012/07/31/great-lakes-water-level-update/  , Dan Egan has written an excellent article which recently appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Pressure mounts to restore Great Lakes water levels. You may recall that in 2004, an engineering firm was engaged by property owners from the northern Lake […]

In reviewing one of the more recent legislative proposals involving natural resource management and all that is the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, we noticed that Senate Bill No. 1280, introduced on September 19, 2012 by Senators Casperson and Booher, contained one sentence which has the potential for a wide range of interpretations. The key […]

For some, purchasing this year’s hunting license may bring back to mind a discussion which took place in some Michigan circles about a year ago.  Although not entirely a new idea, the suggestion from DNR Wildlife Chief Russ Mason was to encourage non-hunters and others who support wildlife and fisheries habitat enhancement projects to buy […]

Please call your U.S. House of Representatives member and urge his or her support of the current Farm Bill.  As we’ve previously written on this site, the 2013 Farm Bill has significant implications on numerous northern Michigan conservation/restoration programs. For many of us in the northern Michigan area, our Representative is Dr. Dan Benischek. His […]

The Michigan Conservation Coalition, a diverse partnership of sportsmen’s organizations and conservation groups, is seeking grassroots support for its opposition efforts regarding Senate Bill 1212 (see NMCN post “Reversing Course on Great Lake Ballast Water” (https://nmconservationnetwork.org/2012/08/29/reversing-course-on-great-lakes-ballast-water/).  The Coalition is asking that its partner organizations and members sign on to this letter (or one of their […]

Delta Waterfowl http://www.deltawaterfowl.org/ has released its 2012 annual duck breeding survey.  In spite of the challenging spring and early summer conditions found in many areas, together with the habitat declines in the Prairie Pothole areas, overall populations continued their long term growth trend.  Among the other good news contained in the survey is that in […]

Although the reports are very preliminary and in many instances anecdotal, the 2012 travel and tourism season appears to have been the best in nearly a decade.   In a recent WTVB interview, Smith Travel Research said that “the statewide average hotel occupancy rate for the year to date as of July was at 56 percent […]