Concerned Citizens Against Resource Exploitation (CCARE) Speaks Out
February 25, 2010
The Natural Resource Commission, at their monthly meeting scheduled for March 4, 2010, will make the final decision.
According to CCARE spokesman, Charles Markham, “This proposal is not based on sound science.” In a letter received by CCARE last month, the lead bear biologist for DNRE stated the MI black bear population was 11,100 prior to the 2009 bear season, a revision from the 19,000 bear estimate in the bear management plan signed by Director Humphries in June 2009.
DNRE records reflect that 2026 bears were harvested in 2009 leaving around 9,000 bear. 12,300 kill tags is a proposed increase over the previous year!
Markham explains, “The proposed 12,300 harvest tags is unsustainable “Even factoring cub numbers, DNRE has proposed the issuance of more kill tags than the total estimated number of bears in Michigan.”
CCARE urges all those concerned about Michigan bear populations to contact the Natural Resource Commission through Teresa Gloden at glodent@michigan.govprior to March 4 and express your outrage. Ask the NRC to reject this proposal and base wildlife management decisions on sound science.
For more information, visit the CCARE website at www.ccare.ws
After a little internet searching, reading, and checking up on this stuff I found it�s a pretty well established product in Canada and hails from Quebec where they have this funny habit of speaking a lot of French. Thus the name, Jig-A-Loo, and the company�s claim it derives from a saying they have up north, �I�ve got it!� 
[...] Continued here: Concerned Citizens Against Resource Exploitation (CCARE) Speaks Out [...]
This is a joke. I have to wonder about these websites. If they would have checked into CCARE, they wouldn’t have even posted it on their site. CCARE is run by two hillbillies of Michigan Upper Peninsula. They are bear hunters who run dogs and they are trying to ban hunting over bait so they have to woods to themselves. They pitting hunters against hunters in a sense…….
Get this off your website…..
If anybody else wants to see what a joke they are, go to http://www.ccare.ws
Nick,
I’m one of the hillbillie’s you’re referring to. Our organization (CCARE) is a strong supporter of all forms of hunting, fishing and trapping. Information we provide in press releases, as well as information posted in all other forums we can readily back up with documentation.
Obviously, our efforts to see guiding on public land in Michigan regulated and licensed has outraged some individuals who had been operating for free. I assume you are one of those.
Nick,
rich & charlie may very well be Hillbillies, I’ve never read a study on what
qualifies for such a title, but that doesn’t change the fact that their research
information is very real, and very concerning.
whatever their personal views, their info is correct, and shows bad bear managment, and my views are not as someone who hunts with dogs.
mike marcusen, president dist 3 u.p.trappers association