ROCKWOOD, Mich. (AP) - A partnership is working to improve the habitat for ducks at Pointe Mouillee State Game Area in southeastern Michigan.
The state Department of Natural Resources says a group of volunteers recently participated in the On the Ground project. They worked the DNR staff to install 10 new nesting structures for mallards and cleaned and maintained 20 existing mallard nest structures.
The work took place in the game area’s Vermet, Humphries and Long Pond units.
They also spread cattail seed heads in the Vermet Unit to increase cover for ducks. And they cleaned and maintained 30 wood duck nest boxes.
Volunteers came from a number of groups. The project is part of a partnership between the DNR and Michigan United Conservation Clubs to improve fish and wildlife habitat.
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