Hunters Help Cut Michigan Forest Fire Toll in Snowbound Winter
Heavy snowfall blankets Michigan as the 1956 forest fire season ends with 696 fires damaging 3378 acres of state and private lands. Officials praise hunter cooperation and swift fire suppression, noting the unusually dry woodlands and a record low fire count since 1951, with Governor Williams' fire ban in effect during part of the season.
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Midwest Wildlife Conference Seeks 400 to 500 Speakers
About 400 to 500 wildlife specialists from eight states are expected for the 18th Midwest Wildlife Conference in Lansing December 10 12. Michigan hosts, with sessions at the Civic Center. Sponsored by the Department of Conservation Michigan State University and the University of Michigan. Lt Governor Philip Hart will give the welcome. Delegates will discuss fish and game studies and topics on big and upland game waterfowl habitat management and fisheries work standards. The conference aims to share technical information and reduce duplicate research efforts.
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Michigan
Lansing
New Civic Center
Department of Conservation
Michigan State University
University of Michigan
Philip Hart
Forest Fires Hit New Low For Year In Michigan
Michigan faces a potential record year in forest fire prevention and control as rain and snow reduce activity. Only four small fires burned about 4.5 acres this week, totaling 33.2 acres for the year with 692 fires so far. No fires were reported in the Upper Peninsula.
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Michigan
Lower Peninsula
U.P
October wolf bounty adds to annual Michigan harvest
In October eight more wolves were killed in Michigan, raising the year’s total to 24. The state also paid bounties for 1728 foxes 526 coyotes and 167 bobcats totaling 19650. Wolves were found in Baraga Chippewa Gogebic Iron Luce Ontonagon counties with seven of eight wolves male.
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Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Baraga
Chippewa
Gogebic
Iron
Luce
Ontonagon
Michigan receives 100,600 trout eggs from Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
The Pennsylvania Fish Commission sent 50,000 brook and 50,600 brown trout eggs to Michigan to start a selective breeding program. Dr. A Hazzard helped arrange the transfer, with eggs to be hatched at Oden hatchery. Wisconsin previously provided 50,000 brook trout eggs for processing at Thompson hatchery as part of the effort.
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Hazzard
Commission
Institute For Fisheries Research
Oden Hatchery
Wisconsin
Thompson Hatchery
Manistque
Wildlife experts plan aid for threatened whooping cranes
U.S. and Canadian specialists met in Washington to discuss protecting the dwindling whooping crane population. About 25 to 30 birds remain, with eight young seen last fall offering cautious hope. Debates focus on artificial propagation versus protective measures to keep the species alive. Some hunters in Nebraska heeded caution this fall as cranes migrating to Texas wintering grounds were spotted with a flock of legal geese.
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Canada
Washington, D.C
Nebraska
Arkansas
Texas
Michigan Leads In Woodlot Cooperators
Michigan ranks first among midwestern states in farmers cooperating in woodlot management. About 433 tree farms were active in southern Michigan as of early November, covering over 800000 acres. The program provides forester assistance to craft management plans for sustained timber yield on farm woodlots. For information contact local Conservation Department district foresters.
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Michigan
American Forest Products Industries, Inc
Conservation Department
Lake Trout Spawn At Marquette Hatchery Amid Lamprey Losses
About one million lake trout eggs were collected from Lake Superior heavy fall spawning. Thirteen commercial fishermen from Munising and Marquette helped with the cooperative spawn. The total this year was smaller due to lamprey devastation. 90,000 eggs were taken from 44 brood stock lake trout reared at Marquette hatchery. The fish spawn multiple year classes to supply eggs and fish for future years. 8,000 to 9,000 splake eggs are also processed from crossbreds.
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Conservation Départment
Marquette
Munising
Marquette “Hatchery
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