Michigan Conservation Commission Beaver Island Cottontail Rabbit Closure Order (1952)

Summary

The September 5, 1952 Charlevoix County Herald printed a State of Michigan Conservation Commission order signed and ordered published on July 10, 1952. It made it unlawful to take or attempt to take cottontail rabbits on Beaver Island, Charlevoix County, for one year from October 1, 1952.¹

The order names Harold W. Glassen as chairman, F. P. Struhsaker as secretary, and Gerald E. Eddy as Director of Conservation in the countersignature.¹ It supplies a formal regulatory boundary for the cottontail-rabbit stocking history reported retrospectively in 1951 and for the closed rabbit season described in the 1950 account.

Evidence and limits

The issuance date is July 10, 1952, while October 1, 1952 is the stated effective date. The held newspaper does not provide the original order, the investigation behind it, or a precise expiration-day convention for the one-year period.

Open questions

• Did the cottontail closure expire without renewal, and what were the following seasons’ rules?
• What state records document the 1950 stocking and the order’s investigation?
• Can the commission’s minutes identify the full institutional and personal records behind the signatures?

See also

• Beaver Island
• Beaver Island Wildlife-Stocking Program from 1922
• Perch Fishing and Bird Hunting on Beaver Island in 1950
• Michigan Conservation Commission (Beaver Island game orders)
• Harold W. Glassen (1952 Beaver Island conservation order)
• F. P. Struhsaker (1952 conservation orders)
• Gerald Eddy (1951 Beaver Island conservation award)