- Date
- 2018-09-27
- Kind
- Trail maintenance
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Archipelago Trails Association
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- trailsrecreationconservationvolunteering
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Beaver Island Archipelago Trails Association organized a September 27, 2018 trail workday and subsequently reported substantial clearing on several trails. The work included opening Government Tower Trail and removing large downed trees, mostly diseased beech, from Buffalo Camp Trail.
Evidence limits
The source is a BIATA announcement and follow-up report. It supports a probable completed workday but does not establish the full set of trails treated, the distance cleared, or continuing trail conditions.
Open questions
- The 7 Bridges and Blue Trails were named among the planned work areas, but the follow-up report describes results only for Government Tower and Buffalo Camp Trails — how much of the 7 Bridges and Blue Trail work was actually completed that weekend?
- Was the beech dieback removed from Buffalo Camp Trail linked to beech bark disease, and is that outbreak documented elsewhere in the archive’s natural-history record?
If you can answer any of these, or correct anything above, the archive wants to hear it — see Corrections.
Sources
- BIATA invited volunteers to meet at Bill Wagner Memorial Campground on September 27 and named the 7 Bridges, Buffalo Camp, and Blue Trails among the planned work areas. A September 28 follow-up thanked participants and reported substantial clearing, including work on Government Tower Trail and removal of large downed trees on Buffalo Camp Trail. This is an organizer report, not an independent trail inspection or complete work log.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 13 · t013615
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “BIATA volunteers clear Beaver Island trails, September 2018”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-archipelago-trails-september-2018-workday/, accessed [date], citing Phil Becker, “BIATA Trail Work Day,” Beaver Island Forum, September 26–28, 2018..
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