I’ve been thinking a lot about Jack Ammerman’s column in Michigan Outdoor News a couple months ago about the impending dissolution of Michigan United Conservation Clubs (MUCC) and Victor Skinner’s story that followed when the
Most of us first encountered Lord of the Flies in high school English class. It’s a story about what happens when the rules that hold a community together disappear – and how quickly order gives
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the July 17, 2026 edition of Michigan Outdoor News.
Some take issue with the state asking folks who see a turkey or a bat while out on adventure to set aside time to report the sighting in their uncompensated role as a “community scientist.”<br
Twenty-two million pounds of plastic waste enter the Great Lakes each year. About half sinks to the lake bottoms, where some of it will likely remain until a future glacier reshapes the lakebeds during the
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the July 3, 2026 edition of Michigan Outdoor News.
Michigan’s turkey hunters followed some twists and turns on their way through the 2026 spring season – somewhat due to weather but mostly due to a significant overhaul of regulations and a whole set of
Today, most Americans understandably confuse conservation with preservation. That’s because virtually all media confuse the two perspectives and consistently mislabel preservationist organizations (e.g., Center for Biodiversity, Western Watersheds, Defenders of Wildlife) as conservation-focused.
Even
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the June 19, 2026 edition of Michigan Outdoor News.
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