- Date
- circa 1968-04
- Kind
- Conservation
- Where
- Miller’s Marsh
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Game Club · Michigan Conservation Department
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationwildlifeenvironment
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The April 1968 Beaver Beacon reported that Beaver Island Game Club members and the Department of Conservation conducted a controlled burn on an open area of about 35 acres just south of Miller’s Marsh. The stated purpose was to provide better grazing for deer.
Evidence and limits
This is a source-bounded newspaper report. It does not provide a burn permit, operational report, exact boundary, or measured habitat result.
Sources
- Reports a controlled burn on an approximately 35-acre open area just south of Miller's Marsh, carried out through Game Club members and the Department of Conservation; it does not provide a burn plan, permit, fire report, or measured habitat result.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1968-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held six-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published conservation report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1968-04_Beaver-Beacon
Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Game Club and Conservation Department conduct a controlled burn near Miller's Marsh, 1968”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-controlled-burn-millers-marsh-1968/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1968, “Game News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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