Northern Michigan Conservation Network

Michigan’s Land battle, and why Ohioans should care December 9, 2011 by Ethan Smith As a life long Ohio resident, at least 4th generation native and an alumnus of THE Ohio State University I’ve been taught from birth to hate Michigan. The old saying goes, north ’till you smell it and west till you step […]

December 13th, 2011 by MUCC Staff. Michigan sportsmen and women delivered another victory for conservation this past week by taking action to delay a vote on Senate Bill 248 in the House Natural Resources Committee that would have capped the amount of public land available in the state of Michigan. Your hundreds of calls and […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – MUCC Dec. 1, 2011 Contact:  Kent Wood (231) 883-4374 Erin McDonough (517) 775-9500 　 LANSING, MI — As the Asian carp swims ever closer to Lake Michigan and its tributaries, it’s easy to overlook the host of other invasive species currently impacting our waters and fishing opportunities.　 Head up to Burt […]

  by Bob Marshall $615 Million Cut from Conservation Sportsmen got a sneak preview of how much Congress values their issues earlier this week, and it wasn’t pretty: House and Senate appropriators agreed to cut $615 million from key fish and wildlife conservation programs that support public hunting and fishing–not to mention the overall  quality  […]

November 16th, 2011 by MUCC Staff. Last week, Michigan sportsmen and women made hundreds of calls to House Natural Resources committee members Sometimes, sportsmen get the reputation as being an apathetic bunch. Like the lazy old watch dog that sits faithfully by the master’s side, but too indifferent to make much of a racket. Not […]