- Date
- 1984-06-23
- Kind
- Conservation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Civic Association
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- environmentwildlifeconservationcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
On June 23, 1984, Civic Association volunteers cleaned alewife from Beaver Island public beaches, raked fish into piles at Iron Ore Bay, and buried them in a trench dug by Jim Wojan.
Evidence limits
The report documents a local cleanup effort, not the scale or cause of the fish die-off, disposal permitting, or an environmental assessment.
Sources
- Reports that volunteers cleaned public beaches on June 23, raked alewife into piles at Iron Ore Bay, and Jim Wojan buried the piles in a trench with a loader; it names participating residents and thanks them. This is a community report, not a fish die-off survey, disposal permit, or environmental assessment. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1984-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held twelve-page July issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the alewife cleanup report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1984-07_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island volunteers clean up alewife from public beaches, 1984”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-alewife-beach-cleanup-1984/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Civic Association beach cleanup report, Beaver Beacon, July 1984. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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