Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease.
Also known as EHD.
Also known as “that damn disease.”
If you are a deer hunter living in southern Michigan, this is
normally the time of year when the anticipation hits fever pitch. Bow
season is just days away. The prime time of the rut and the start of gun
season is on the very near horizon.
This year, however, that anticipation has been of a different variety. Less anticipation than apprehension.
EHD has hit southern Michigan hard and it continues to deal lethal blows.
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The Michigan Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will hear a first round of oral argument in the case of
Addison Township v. Barnhart , involving a shooting range and the application of Michigan’s law protecting ranges, the
Sport Shooting Ranges Act (SSRA).
The case,
which was chronicled by MUCC, held that shooting ranges that have “business or commercial purposes” are not allowed protections of the SSRA.
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What To Do With Oil & Gas Revenue?
What should the state of Michigan do with oil and gas royalties it
claims from mineral leases? It seems like a conversation we've had
before. And we did when the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund (NRTF)
was established in 1976.
The Department of Natural Resources announced a final decision on
stocking policy in Lake Michigan of Chinook salmon. After a year of
public input and meetings, the Lake Michigan Committee chose to impose a
reduction of stocking by 50%.
The policy, which will be implemented starting in 2013, hopes to
maintain a diverse fishery and prevent the collapse of alewife
populations.
2012 has been a landmark year for sportsmen and women. Marking the 75th
anniversary of Ducks Unlimited, Michigan United Conservation Clubs and
Pittman-Robertson funding, 2012 also boasts increased national
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Recently, the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge was opened for
migratory bird hunting, upland game hunting and big game hunting for
the first time since its establishment in 2001. 
