[PDF] Top 20 North Woods Call v 61, no 13, 2014

... The North Woods Call, in- ductees included Norm Spring, Joan Wolfe, Don Inman, Dave Dempsey, Ralph Bailey, Tom Washington, the Clinton River Watershed Council, Mayville Elementary School, and the ... See full document

... 2013 RIVERKEEPER: Tess Nelkie, a member of The Anglers of the Au Sable Board of Directors and an active conservationist, has re- ceived the organization’s highest award—Riverkeeper—for 2013. A res- ident of Tawas since ... See full document

... The North Woods Call, as the publication’s third publisher in nearly 62 years is forced by circumstances beyond his control to close down the opera- tion—at least ...The Call and its dedicated ... See full document

... Never mind the fossil fuel and tax dollars burned earlier this month when President Obama came to Michi- gan State University to sign the 2014 Farm Bill into law. Wetland and waterfowl conservationists are find- ... See full document

... DISTRICT 9 (Southfield) Checking on a complaint of trash dumped on state land, CO Dan Walzak found the discarded household trash containing a number of magazines with a name and address on them. Visiting the address, CO ... See full document

... EMERALD ASH BORER: The Michigan Department of Agricul- ture and Rural Development (MDARD) has revised its emerald ash borer (EAB) quarantine to designate all six quarantined counties in the eastern Upper Peninsula ... See full document

... The North Woods Call, the farmer—Mark Baker—had challenged the DNR’s invasive species order that barred his practice of cross-breeding forbidden Russian boars with heritage Mangalitsa ... See full document

... to North Woods Call readers. In some ways, Call founder Mar- guerite Gahagan seems a lot like naturalist and writer Gene Strat- ...Michigan’s north woods, Porter (1863-1924) ... See full document

... CO Carla Soper obtained an arrest warrant for a subject who had killed a black bear on the sec- ond day of the 2013 firearm deer season in Manistee County. After receiving the original complaint of a dead female bear ... See full document

... Layout 1 Michigan’s Conservation Sentinel Since 1953 Early August 2014 $2 50 Vol 61, No 16 Digital Delivery Partnership Aids Black River Trout Page 1 Chesapeake Trial To Proceed Page 1 River Work Hono[.] ... See full document

... Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette in late June filed an amended complaint in the state’s second case against Chesapeake Energy for charges of racketeering and fraud. The complaint was amended to in- clude 12 ... See full document

... Layout 1 Michigan’s Conservation Sentinel Since 1953 Late June 2014 $2 50 Vol 61, No 14 Digital Delivery Camp Grayling Expansion? Page 1 Racketeering and Fraud Charges Page 1 Remembering Dr John Richt[.] ... See full document

... Migrating hawks crossing the Straits of Mackinac were near- ing their peak numbers in late April when these photographs were snapped. Nearly 5,200 red-tailed hawks had been tal- lied so far—the largest number of birds. ... See full document

... EDITOR’S NOTE: Tom Harmon of St. Helen, Michigan, recently sent a letter to the Michigan Natural Resources Commission (NRC) and the Department of Natural Re- sources (DNR) commenting—among other things—on the state’s ... See full document

... This wooden monument on the south side of downtown Grayling memorializes “all canoe racers—past, present and future” who have participated in the Au Sable River International Canoe Marathon. The 240- mile race from ... See full document

... AMERICORPS ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Huron Pines Ameri- Corps members accomplished much this past season. Among other things, they improved more than 130 acres of public land through inva- sive species removal, trail building and ... See full document

... CO Jason Smith was pa- trolling the Sharonville SGA when he saw a small game hunter run from the woods back to the vehicle, hoping to leave before the CO could contact him. CO Smith was able to make contact with ... See full document

... They’re not your average sinkholes that gobble up houses and cars in places like Florida. Many such nat- ural geologic features in northeast Michigan—like this one in the Pigeon River Country State Forest— have filled ... See full document

... NEW LICENSE FEES: Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder last month signed legislation approving new hunting and fishing license fees in Michigan. While there was strong opposition in some circles—as well as strong support ... See full document

... hardwoods or conifers, as well as river bottoms. They like to nest in tree cavities and, if you’re lucky, can be lured to a large roost box with an entrance hole on the side. They like river bottoms, because they feed on ... See full document