DNR awards Wildlife Habitat Grants for projects around the state

The Department of Natural Resources today announced recipients of the 2014 Wildlife Habitat Grants. A total of $737,720 was awarded to various conservation and nonprofit organizations, units of government and landowners.

 

Examples of funded projects include planting native grasslands for pheasant habitat at Lake Hudson State Recreation Area, planting fruit trees for wild turkey and ruffed grouse food sources in several locations across the state, and improving accessibility for limited-mobility hunters and wildlife enthusiasts at Sharonville State Game Area.

 

Below is a list of successful applicants, the award amount and the county in which the habitat projects will take place. Read more

Hunting, Wildlife

Bushnell Outdoors Introduces Two New Versatile RUBICON Lanterns

Overland  Park, Kan. — Bushnell  Outdoors, an industry-leader in outdoor product  innovation, has introduced two new lanterns in its new RUBICON line of lighting products. From a family camping trip to a  backcountry adventure, the two new RUBICON lanterns are designed to  efficiently illuminate camp with comfortable, practical lighting  options.

Purposefully  crafted to offer brighter and more reliable light, the RUBICON  lanterns are outfitted with high-quality Cree LEDs that provide  maximum brightness and longer, more efficient battery life. Each  lantern also features a regulated circuit, which translates into  consistent brightness and less dimming throughout the battery  lifecycle. Read more

General

DNR asks anglers to be on the lookout for tagged walleye

To improve its knowledge of walleye populations in Lake Huron and Saginaw Bay, the Department of Natural Resources’ Fisheries Division is set to tag nearly 3,000 walleye in Saginaw Bay tributary rivers over the next two weeks. A total of 1,000 walleye will be tagged in the Tittabawassee River and the remaining 2,000 in other tributary streams. To get the most information from these efforts, anglers are asked to collect data on tagged fish they catch and report it to the DNR. Read more

Fishing

Short and Sweet: CMMG Launches New AR Pistol Line-Up

Fayette, MO — In response to customer feedback, CMMG has developed a line of new AR pistols that utilize properties from its sought after line of short-barreled rifles, including the popular RKM7 free float KeyMod hand guards. The resulting product launch includes two models of AR pistols chambered in 9mm and .300 AAC Blackout.   CMMG Mk4 PDW 300 BLK Pistol“We received a lot of feedback from our customers asking us to come out with a line of AR-style pistols,” said Jeff Overstreet, co-owner of CMMG Inc.  “As you can see, we’ve listened. Like all the guns in the CMMG line, we’ve tried to keep the weight down and the quality of manufacturing to its highest standard so that you’ve got a gun that functions properly and is fun to shoot every time you take it to the range.” Read more
Firearms

Is HSUS Bad for the Environment?

This from www.HumaneWatch.org…Dart

The US has 100 times more deer today than it did 100 years ago. That’s a good thing, whether you like wildlife watching or enjoy venison, but it has brought challenges, such as deer-car collisions, which damage property and can even kill people. But another challenge is environmental.

All those deer eat vegetation—3,000 pounds a year per animal. This can have a detrimental effect on the flora, as Al Cambrone writes in The Wall Street Journal, and the fauna—more deer means fewer songbirds. Read more

Animal Rights, Hunting
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