Wood ducks boosted by Michigan nest box effort
Conservation groups in Michigan build nest boxes to aid wood ducks in the central Mississippi Flyway. Raccoons threaten eggs. designed boxes with cone roofs and metal sleeves help protect nests on marsh edges or trees near swamps. The article also notes sturgeon ages and sizes from Black Lake and Lake Michigan, with dates and measurements from University of Michigan researchers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi Flyway
Michigan
Paul H. Eschmeyer
Institute For Fisheries Research
University of Michigan
Bill Tegath
U-M Broadcasting Service
Eschmeyer
Institute
Black Lake
Lake Michigan
Benton Harbor
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Why TV Sound Looks Louder Without Staging
Allen's Topics explains that louder commercials are a broadcaster tactic to catch attention while viewing. If volume changes occur unpredictably and not via the remote, the issue lies with the audio amplifier and control circuitry. A technician should diagnose and service the unit for proper balance.
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Allen’s EV
Cottontail Rabbits A Popular Quarry In Michigan
The cottontail rabbit is a leading game animal in southern Michigan. Rabbit hunting lasts longer than pheasant season and rabbits are more numerous. average litters are five with three to four per year. Predators and weather affect populations, and hunters bag about 1.4 to 1.6 million annually.
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Michigan
Lower Peninsula
Conservation Reserve Changes Highlight 1958 Options
Clare County farmers are urged to review the 1958 Soil Bank Conservation Reserve changes. ASC Chairman Floren J. Pudvay notes sign up ends April 15 and outlines new five or ten year contracts for shelter belts windbreaks and wildlife habitat. The ten year rule remains for forestry plantings and the program now welcomes all farmers regardless of basic crop acreage.
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Clare County
Soil Bank
Floren J. Pudvay
Clare County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Pudvay
ASC
Pudway
Otter Appears At Timber Lake Fishing Hole
Michigan conservation officer Clar ence Roberts reports an unusual incident at Timber Lake in Crawford county. Fisherman Robert Smock of Grayling was spearing when a otter grabbed his line and vanished back under the ice, leaving Smock ready to strike.
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Michigan
Clarence Roberts
Grayling
Robert Smock
Roberts
Timber Lake
Crawford County
Smock
Iwo Jima Flag Raisers and Early Marine Airlift
On February 23 1945 Marines raised the American flag atop Mt Suribachi on Iwo Jima the first flag raise on the island. The Marines later airlifted a company and battalions of assault troops by helicopter in Korea. The text also oddly describes heating stuck together bacon slices in a cold skillet.
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Iwo Jima
28Th Marines
Mt. Suribathi
Korea
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