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Hunting Heritage Defense Committee Opposes Michigan Dove Hunt Ban. Howell, Michigan 7/15/05 – Each year, Michigan’s 1.7 million outdoor enthusiasts provide the state with significant revenue. These individuals enjoy various sports with their families, friends, and neighbors while protecting the environment through fees paid for licenses and memberships in conservation organizations as well as income to local economies. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources estimates that our natural resources annually attract more than 800,000 licensed hunters (15 million days in the field), nearly 2 million licensed anglers (25 million days fishing) and more than 900,000 registered watercraft (logging more than...

KITTERY - Nothing moved Thursday in the late-morning heat blanketing the Town Farm Forest. No deer. No birds. No nothing. "That's because there's nothing here," explained Sue Johnson, self-appointed savior of all things furry, during a walk up the sun-scorched footpath. Then, all but tripping over her own contradiction, she added, "I've been coming here for years and I've never seen a thing." Which leads us to the question that will hang over Maine's southernmost community long after voters decide Tuesday whether to ban hunting for all time from this 72-acre tract nestled a hop, skip and a ricochet away...