In early November, MLive ran a
series of articles about how Michigan’s wolf hunting season came to be
, capped off by an editorial, “Wolf ends don’t justify means.”
Through this series of articles and the editorial MLive accused the Department of Natural Resources of misleading the public about the rationale behind the state’s first limited wolf management hunt – an accusation I can emphatically say is completely off base.
08. 04. 14
DNR WILDLIFE DIVISION CHIEF SPEAKS ON WOLF HUNTING SEASON
08. 04. 14
23 WOLVES TAKEN IN INAUGURAL MICHIGAN WOLF HUNTING SEASON
Less than 2% of the 1,200 licensed wolf hunters who took to the woods from November 15 through December 31 were successful in harvesting a wolf in Michigan’s first modern-day wolf hunt. After 23 wolves were taken out of the maximum quota of 43, the season is now closed in all Wolf Management Units.
08. 04. 14
RANGE IMPROVEMENT AWARD OFFERED TO CLUB THAT COLLECTS MOST SIGNATURES
MUCC is part of the biggest fight against anti-hunters since Proposal G, and we need your club’s help to win it! We’re part of the Citizens for Professional Wildlife Management , which has introduced a citizen-initiated law to protect hunting and fishing rights, help stop Asian carp, and provide free licenses for active military members.
08. 04. 14
BIOLOGISTS KNOW BEST, ACCORDING TO NEW WOLF HUNT DATA
LANSING–The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) released new statistics from last season’s public wolf hunt – Michigan’s first – which showed that the majority of wolves taken by hunters were likely from problem packs.
08. 04. 14
ANTI-HUNTERS SUE STATE TO ALLOW OUT-OF-STATE PETITION CIRCULATORS
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)-financed front group Keep Michigan Wolves Protected (KMWP) is suing the State of Michigan to allow out-of-state petition gatherers as the anti-hunting group tries to repeal a law that provides free hunting and fishing licences for active military members and authorizes the bipartisan Natural Resources Commission (NRC) to designate game species and issue fisheries orders using sound science.\
08. 04. 14
HUNTING RIGHTS PETITION DRIVE GOING STRONG AS ANTI’S TURN IN SIGNATURES
On March 13, the anti-hunting Humane Society of the United States front group Keep Michigan Wolves Protected turned in approximately 230,000 signatures to referendum Public Act 21 of 2013, which protected hunting rights by ensuring that game species are determined by sound science and provides free licenses to military members. If at least 161,000 of their signatures are valid, then it will go on November’s ballot. At the same time, though, the petition drive to protect hunting rights from the anti-hunters is going strong.
08. 04. 14
MICHIGAN BEAR HUNTERS ASSOCIATION STEPS UP WITH $100,000 DONATION TO CITIZENS FOR PROFESSIONAL WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
Gaylord, MI – When anti-hunters tried to take away the right to hunt bears by attacking bear hunting methods in 1996, the Michigan conservation community banded together to defeat them by passing Proposal G, and a big part of its success was a large donation by the Michigan Bear Hunters Association (MBHA). At their annual convention on March 22 at Treetops Resort in Gaylord, the Michigan Bear Hunters Association once again stepped up financially to defend hunting rights by announcing a $100,000 donation to Citizens for Professional Wildlife Management (CPWM).
08. 04. 14
ONE DAY TO PROTECT HUNTING RIGHTS
Do you think that military members should hunt and fish for free? Do you think our hunting rights should be protected? Do you think we should do everything we can to keep Asian carp out of Michigan waters? Of course you do. But…
08. 04. 14
NEW DATA SAYS MICHIGAN WOLF POPULATION STABLE
The estimated wolf population in Michigan remained stable between 2013 and the 2014, according to survey results released by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) at the meeting of the Wolf Management Advisory Council in St. Ignace on April 22.
08. 04. 14
DEFEAT HSUS
On May 6, the State Board of Canvassers certified the signatures for the second anti-hunting referendum financed by the Humane Society of the United States. If they have their way, they’ll be able to use this referendum to take away hunting rights by spending millions in misleading political advertising.
