Name: Little Traverse Conservancy asks users to remove stored boats from Barney’s Lake Preserve, 2021
Start: 2021-10-02
End: 2021-11-01
Location: Barney's Lake Nature Preserve

Little Traverse Conservancy asks users to remove stored boats from Barney’s Lake Preserve, 2021

Also Barney’s Lake Preserve boat storage request 2021

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TypeEvent

Dates2021-10-02 – 2021-11-01

WithinBarney's Lake Nature Preserve

ErasModern era

Locator map: Barney's Lake Nature Preserve highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago — Took place at Barney's Lake Nature PreserveLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.

Event

Dates: 2021-10-02 – 2021-11-01
Kind: Land management
Where: Barney's Lake Nature Preserve
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: conservationrecreationland-use
Within: Barney's Lake Nature Preserve

Summary

On October 2, 2021, Little Traverse Conservancy asked users to remove boats stored at the Barney’s Lake Nature Preserve boat access by November 1. The Conservancy described the accumulation as affecting the appearance and surrounding land and said it was considering longer-term options.

Evidence and limits

This is an institutional management notice relayed through the forum. It establishes the request and deadline, but not compliance or the later policy.

Sources

Little Traverse Conservancy, “Boats at Barney’s Lake,” Beaver Island Forum, October 2, 2021.
The Conservancy said the number of boats stored at the preserve boat access had become a problem, asked users to remove them by November 1, and said it was considering options for the next year. This first-party notice establishes the request and deadline, not compliance, the exact number of boats, or the eventual management outcome.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Little Traverse Conservancy asks users to remove stored boats from Barney’s Lake Preserve, 2021”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-barneys-lake-preserve-boat-removal-request-2021/, accessed [date], citing Little Traverse Conservancy, “Boats at Barney’s Lake,” Beaver Island Forum, October 2, 2021..

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