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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1956
Page
2
The Conservation Department reports a 35 percent rise in cooperative forestry participation from 1995, with about 1500 landowners receiving free help. District foresters advise owners on proper timber and woodlot management, stressing smaller tracts under 100 acres can boost productivity and meet future timber demand.
Michigan fishing license sales show overall decline from 1955. Temporary nonresident permits fall most, with about 93 000 sold through September a 65 percent drop. annual nonresident licenses total 120 000 down 3.2 percent. Resident licenses total 733 000 down 3.7 percent, while trout stamps rise to 181 000 a 3.1 percent increase.
Timber owners can obtain free guidance on timber management from the Conservation Department. District foresters, county agricultural agents, and the forestry division in Lansing 26 provide this service without charge.
An Arizona resident praises Michigan state parks and campers after a watch found at J. W. Wells State Park in the Upper Peninsula was mailed to Phoenix. Mrs. Harold J. Strang of Phoenix credits campers’ honesty and notes she enclosed 18 cents for postage.
Michigan's conservation officer force will be the largest in state history with 42 new officers joining the force, bringing total strength to 200. Seventeen recruits go to the upper peninsula and 26 to the lower peninsula, after three months of training in law firearms first aid criminology and public relations. The mobile force will be deployed to areas of heavy hunting during the deer seasons and special hunts.
Michigan will receive 1 063 100 dollars in federal matching funds for game and fish restoration in the 1966 57 fiscal year from the Department of Interior. The Pittman Robertson program provides 811 800 dollars for game work and the Dingell Johnson program 241 300 dollars for fish projects.
The Conservation Department reports the Casino wildlife experiment station near Shingleton drew over 1000 visits this summer. Visitors included 831 from Michigan and others from 18 states plus the District of Columbia, Canada, Alaska, France, Korea, Lebanon and Venezuela. Tours of the station lab and administration building were common.
At the University of Michigan annual Conference on Aging, experts urge a minimal daily diet for seniors, warn against apathy, and argue age alone should not define retirement. Talks include potential life expectancy extensions and reversing cellular decay, with a Michigan group forming to promote gerontological work.
Army personnel reported bright yellow as the safest color for hunters to wear, outperforming red under all light conditions in California tests. The study, conducted in deer terrain, was led by the National Rifle Association with the California Game and Fish Department and the California Optometrics Association.
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