- Date
- 2008-11
- Kind
- Conservation
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationwildlifegovernmentcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The November 2008 Beacon reports Island and legislative opposition to applying the Lower Peninsula deer-baiting and feeding ban to Beaver Island. Advocates pointed to the Island’s distance from the mainland and lack of cervid farms; the Wildlife Club separately urged hunters to let small bucks grow.
Evidence limits
This record captures advocacy and local wildlife-management advice, not the state’s final rule, a court judgment, or a deer-population survey.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, November 2008, "Against the Baiting Ban in the Middle of the Lake."Reports State Representative Kevin Elsenheimer and Representative Joel Sheltrown asking for a Beaver Island exemption or scientific explanation, and the Wildlife Club’s advice to let young bucks grow. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the baiting-ban report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-11_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island advocates seek exemption from the deer-baiting ban, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-deer-baiting-ban-exemption-request-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 2008, "Against the Baiting Ban in the Middle of the Lake." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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