[PDF] Top 20 North Woods Call v 61, no 15, 2014

... 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

... in north central Kalamazoo County—cuts an icy path through a frozen wetland near The North Woods Call office earlier this ...further north, doesn’t ... See full document

... Sgt. Ron Kimmerly has been investigating a complaint where suspects have been taking pheas- ants and rabbits by shooting them from their vehicle. This has been occurring for the past few weeks in southern Saginaw County ... See full document

... CO Brandon Kieft responded to a complaint of a "stolen deer" in Rose Township. When CO Kieft met with the complainant he advised that he had been tracking an antlerless deer he shot around dusk and witnessed two ... 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

... 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

... serving 15 northern Michigan counties, is leading restoration efforts and recently received a major boost with a $558,000 grant through Sustain Our Great Lakes, a program administered by the Na- tional Fish and ... 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

... DISTRICT 5 (Roscommon) Sgt. Jon Wood was on marine patrol on Houghton Lake when he checked a pontoon with several anglers aboard. As the CO ap- proached, he observed one of the subjects quickly reel in their line, drop ... See full document

... above with rusty (rufous) sides and white underparts, and the eye is red. The female replaces the black with brown. You will see them scratching beneath your feeders. The call is unique with a clear “drink your ... See full document

... CO Jason McCullough re- ceived information about a possi- ble property damage snowmobile accident that occurred late Satur- day night, or early Sunday morn- ing. The owner of the property heard the noise and went outside ... 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

... 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

... 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

... As with the oil drillers, the battle to save Consumers’ undeveloped stream frontage and to implement the natural rivers law is not fin- ished. Consumers could still, legally, lease the land. The DNR has the natural ... 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

... 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

... 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