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

Motor-less Mower Swings into Action

By Glen Wunderlich

Before the invention of the internal combustion engine, and even before horse-drawn farming equipment, crops still had to be cut to be harvested.  And, the tool of choice was the human-powered sythe.  My introduction to the strange instrument came some 36 years ago in a remote area of West Virginia, where doing things the old fashioned way was still the only way.  Paw Paw, my wife’s grandfather became my personal trainer. Read more

General

Holder Continues to Dance Around “Fast and Furious” Questions

The casting directors for “Dancing with the Stars” may wish to contact U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder for an audition because, clearly, Holder can dance.
During yet another hearing this week, Holder testified before the House Judiciary Committee about his personal role–and the roles of senior Justice Department officials–in the disastrous “Fast and Furious” gun-walking operation, which resulted in the murder of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry.

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Firearms, Gun Control

New Sporting Arms Maker Opens in New Hampshire

ROCHESTER, NH, June 18, 2012 – LHR Sporting Arms, LLC is proud to announce the opening of their new facility in Rochester, New Hampshire. LHR Sporting Arms, LLC was founded in May 2012 by four former Thompson Center/ Arms® employees (Mark Laney, Karl Ricker, Patrick Hanley and Michael Garland) who combined have over 80 years of experience in the firearms industry. LHR Sporting Arms, LLC will be releasing its first rifle “Redemption” in January 2013 and will be unveiling it for the first time to the public in February 2013 at the Eastern Sportmans Show in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Read more

Firearms

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
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