Funding & Projects
Funding
Currently, SCI MIC operates on an annual budget of approximately $50,000. Its major sources of present and future funding are:
- Voluntary contributions from constituent Safari Club International member chapters,
- Matching grants from Safari Club International Foundation (SCIF) for select contributions made by SCI MIC constituent member chapters to fund MDNR conservation and research projects, and
- Voluntary donations from the general public due to the 501(c)(3) exempt status of SCI MIC.
Funds donated by SCI MIC for MDNR major wildlife conservation and research projects receive a 3:1 match of Pittman-Robertson funds from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Thus, a $3000.00 chapter donation to a MIC-MDNR project can grow to $5000.00 via a $2000 SCIF matching grant, and then the $5000 gets leveraged to $20,000.00 via the 3:1 match from the Pittman-Robertson funds.
The administrative submission for the Pittman-Robertson funds is done by the MDNR as part of its annual submission for these funds from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
MIC Projects
What SCI MIC has accomplished through 2023
MIC has funded the following major projects:
- Michigan U.P. Moose Reintroduction
- Michigan Black Bear DNA Population Tracking/Model
- Michigan DNR Fluorescent Microscope
- Northeast Lower Michigan Elk Project
- Michigan U.P. Moose Population Model
- Southern Michigan Deer Project
- Michigan Deer Bovine TB Study
- Michigan Northern Lower Peninsula Marten Project
- Michigan Bobcat Project
- Michigan Predator/Prey Research Project
- Gray Wolf – 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- Southern Michigan Black Bear – 2013, 2014
- Diving Duck – 2013, 2014, 2015
- Snowshoe Hare Distribution and Abundance – 2013, 2014
- EHD – 2014, 2015
- Feral Swine – 2015, 2016, 2017
- American Woodcock – 2016, 2017, 2018
- Mute Swan – 2016, 2017
- Northern Michigan Habitat Work Group – 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- Deer & Northern Hardwoods in Michigan – 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
- U.P. Deer Movement – 2018, 2019, 2020
- Black Bear Baiting Responses – 2019
- State Game & Wildlife Areas Usage – 2019
- Surrogate Sow/Orphaned Cub Program – 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- MiniSeq Platform Project – 2020, 2021, 2022
- Deer Behavior and CWD Spread – 2021, 2022, 2023
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