- Date
- 2009-12-10
- Kind
- Legislation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- wildlifeconservationgovernmentagriculture
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In December 2009, a Beaver Island forum post quoting the Charlevoix Courier reported that the Michigan House had rejected a measure that would have allowed Great Lakes island residents to feed deer herds. The report described the Michigan DNR’s disease-control rationale, including concern about deer congregating around feed, and recorded local opposition to applying the same rule to Beaver Island despite its distance from the mainland.
Evidence limits
The forum preserves a secondary newspaper report rather than the bill, roll call, statute, or DNR order. The legislative outcome and legal effect should be verified against official records before being treated as a definitive policy history; the later food-plot discussion is community advice, not official wildlife management guidance.
Sources
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Sources
- Participants discussed a Charlevoix newspaper article about Beaver and Garden Island deer management, advocated turning to scientific study, and proposed bringing Michigan Quality Deer Management leadership to the Island and forming a local chapter. The thread documents advocacy and a proposed educational effort, not a completed lecture, QDM chapter, food-plot program, or change in law.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 02 · t002095
- The initial post explicitly attributes the report to the Charlevoix Courier and links a clipped article; it describes the rejected exception, the DNR disease-risk rationale, and local reaction. Follow-up posts discuss food plots as an alternative but do not establish a new policy.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 02 · t002079
- Jeff Powers linked recordings or presentation materials from an April debate with a Michigan DNR veterinarian about deer baiting, feeding, and chronic wasting disease, and asked whether Beaver Island should be exempt from the ban. The external presentation is not preserved locally; this documents the local policy debate, not an official exemption or a settled scientific conclusion.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 01 · t001948
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Michigan House rejects proposed island exception to deer-feeding ban, 2009”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-deer-feeding-ban-upheld-2009/, accessed [date], citing BobTidmore, Al Biltz, Todd I, and participants, “Island deer article,” Beaver Island Forum, December 18–19, 2009. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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