Category: Wildlife

Goldfinch

DNR invites public input on Kirtland’s warbler management

The Department of Natural Resources is currently seeking public input on Kirtland’s warbler management in Michigan. The DNR will host a public meeting on Wednesday, June 27, at the Kirtland House on the Kirtland Community College campus, 10775 North St. Helen Road, in Roscommon, from 6 to 8 p.m. The DNR is beginning to draft a Kirtland’s warbler operational plan to direct future management of the bird and its habitat on state lands. Read more

Wildlife

Natural Resources Commission to meet June 14 in Lansing

The Michigan Natural Resources Commission will hold its regular monthly meeting on Thursday, June 14 at the Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health, 4125 Beaumont Road, Lansing.

At 1 p.m., the Policy Committee on Fish and Wildlife will discuss the Wildlife Division’s recommendations for antlerless deer quotas for the upcoming season. In addition, the Wildlife Division will report on the 2011 deer season, the division’s update to the chronic wasting disease surveillance and response plan, and a new bovine tuberculosis model.

Hunting, Wildlife

Senate Amendment Would Help Hunters Access Public Lands

MISSOULA, Mont.Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today offered a package of sportsmen?s bills in an amendment to the Farm Bill legislation. One piece of the amendment guarantees funding for improving hunter access to existing public lands. This bipartisan amendment is supported by the Boone and Crockett Club, Congressional Sportsmen?s Foundation and other hunting organizations. Read more

Animal Rights, Hunting, Wildlife

Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillar

Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillar

 This crazy looking creature is a spicebush swallowtail caterpillar preparing to wrap itself within the confines of the spicebush leaf, where it will emerge as a beautiful butterfly – the spicebush swallowtail.

Wildlife

Michigan Gov. Snyder Lifts Burn Ban

LANSING, Mich. – Gov. Rick Snyder today issued a proclamation ending an outdoor burning ban in 49 counties and a fireworks ban in Luce and Schoolcraft counties.

Both bans were imposed under a proclamation issued May 25 in response to the wildfires that destroyed more than 20,000 acres of land and more than 100 buildings in the Upper Peninsula. Read more

Wildlife
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