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Beaver trapping season and sealing deadline announced for 1969

Also 1969 Beaver Island beaver trapping season notice

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TypeEvent
Dates1969-03-20 – 1969-04-09
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
1969-03-20 – 1969-04-09
Kind
Announcement
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
conservationgovernance
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The February 1969 Beaver Beacon announced a March 20-April 7 beaver trapping season. It said all beaver taken had to be sealed at the Department of Natural Resources field office by 5:00 p.m. April 9.

Evidence and limits

This is an advance regulation notice. It does not establish that trapping occurred or provide a later harvest total.

Sources

  1. Announces a March 20-April 7 beaver trapping season and requires all beaver taken to be sealed at the Department of Natural Resources field office by 5:00 p.m. April 9; it does not establish that any trapping occurred.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1969-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held six-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published regulation notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1969-02_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver trapping season and sealing deadline announced for 1969”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-beaver-trapping-season-1969/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1969, “Beaver Trapping Season.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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