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JAKES absorb outdoor knowledge[Jul. 31, 2008] DAVISON — Youngsters of all ages will flock to Williams Gunsight and Outfitters Aug. 2 from 10 a.m-4 p.m. to take part in the free National Wild Turkey Federation’s annual JAKES Conservation Day.
By Lisa Paine
State-of-the-art shooting sports center at MSU[Jul. 24, 2008] LANSING — Groundbreaking for the $3.5 million John and Marnie Demmer Shooting Sports Education and Training Center on the campus of Michigan State University took place last Friday, July 18.
By Lisa Paine
Legislation signed to protect the Great Lakes[Jul. 17, 2008] SAUGATUCK — The five-year effort to protect Michigan’s Great Lakes from drought-stricken outside sources looking for new fresh water resources is finally complete.
By Lisa Paine
Shooters aim for titles and big bucks[Jul. 3, 2008] GRAND BLANC — While many of the nation’s best golfers took aim at their own brand of birdies just a few miles across town at Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club, the Michigan State Sporting Clays Championship was on course at the Grand Blanc Huntsman’s Club last weekend. More than 300 shooters took aim at clay targets for coveted titles and bragging rights.
By Lisa Paine
PRV outbreak changes plans for county fairs[Jun. 26, 2008] LAPEER COUNTY — Positive cases of psuedorabies, a highly contagious herpes virus in swine that causes death in cattle, horses, dogs, cats, sheep and goats, has caused the state to issue stringent guidelines to all local, county and state fairs.
With the Eastern Michigan Fair slated for Aug. 5-9 and the Genesee County Fair on tap for Aug. 11-17, plans have been into place to protect the other animals and prevent sickened animals from entering fairgrounds.
By Lisa Paine
Reintroducing Ospreys to Southern Michigan[Jun. 12, 2008] AREAWIDE — Advances in chemical technology once were the undoing of ospreys in Michigan. Now, advancement in communication technology is proving to be a benefit to the Department of Natural Resources’ attempt to reintroduce the raptors in southern Michigan.
Once common in the Great Lakes region, osprey (Pandion haliaetus) populations were decimated as the use of DDT and other pesticides that caused thinning of the birds’ egg shells impacted the reproduction of the “fish hawks.”
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