Each year, the SCI Detroit chapter contributes significant funds to further wildlife conservation. By far, most of these contributions are channeled through the SCI Michigan Involvement Committee (MIC) to Michigan wildlife research projects under the direction of the Michigan Deparment of Natural Resources (MDNR).

The Detroit Chapter is a charter member of MIC, which is a committee consisting of a chapter-designated representative from each participating SCI chapter located in Michigan. MIC meets quarterly with the MDNR to fund specific research projects, to monitor the progress of these research projects, and to keep up-to-date on Michigan wildlife information.

Detroit chapter chooses to channel most of its conservation donations through MIC because of how these funds get leveraged through matching funds from Safari Club International Foundation (SCIF) and then the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to a total amount several times the original donation.

The leveraging process works as follows: Detroit chapter donates $3000 to MIC for an approved wildlife reseach project which is then matched by $2000 from SCIF, and then that total of $5000 is matched 3:1 by Pittman-Robertson funds from USFWS to bring the new total funding for the MDNR wildlife research project to $20,000.

To see how Detroit Chapter has managed to channel more than a quarter of a million dollars to MDNR wildlife reseach projects via MIC, click here.

For further information on MIC, click here.

For the past three years (2007, 2008 & 2009), the SCI Detroit Chapter has channeled its conservation project donations to MIC to the MDNR Predator/Prey research study. The field work for this project began in earnest in January 2009.

To see the quarterly progress reports on this muli-year study, click on the following links:

View Progress Reports on Study website

Collared deer distribution study