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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1957
Page
8
Michigan curator William H. Burt argues that beavers and squirrels act as nature's tillers and planters. Beavers raise the water table by damming streams forming open meadows that support deer and elk, while squirrels plant nuts and small mammals curb insect damage and mulch the forest floor reducing erosion.
As a new hunting season approaches the controversy over yellow clothing rises again. Tests by the California Association and the National Rifle Association show yellow is most visible to both color normal and color blind hunters. Red ranks fifth among six colors. Dr Wayne H Chapman cites Minnesota study linking color blindness to higher accident risk and notes yellow’s contrast with surroundings while red blends in. California findings are tested nationwide under varying light and foliage. Three of four Minnesota major accidents involved hunters with far below normal vision, with potential improvement from proper care.
Through August 31 Michigan reported 677000 resident fishing licenses a 3 percent drop from 697000 last year Nonresident annual permits totaled 100000 down over eight percent while 15 day nonresident licenses declined four percent to 57000 Trout stamps reached 165000 about the 1956 figure The warmer season and increased outdoor recreation may explain the decline in lake fishing patterns.
Michigan hunters are urged to avoid shooting wood ducks when the waterfowl season opens October 1 as regulations again prohibit taking this species. Wood ducks, or woodies, are migrating early, but populations have declined in the Mississippi flyway to about 20 percent of ten years ago. Several northern states have banned wood duck hunting this year to protect the species.
An essay invites readers to notice nature’s seasonal color and simple pleasures. It urges taking time for solitary walks, observing cardinal birds, rabbits, robins, fawns, and ants, and appreciating the quiet life of a forest in change.
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