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Michigan DNR surveys Garden, High, and Hog Islands for forest management in 1995

Also 1995 Beaver Island DNR outer-island visit

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Locator map: Garden Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Garden IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
TypeEvent
Date1995-06
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Locator map: Garden Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Garden IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Date
1995-06
Kind
Observation
Where
Garden Island · High Island · Hog Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
forestryforestsconservationenvironmenttransportationcommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Foresters from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources visited Beaver Island and explored Garden, High, and Hog Islands in June 1995. The visit combined forest inventory, land-management planning, and inspection of cabins, settlement traces, and old-growth vegetation.

Evidence limits

The article describes an exploratory visit and possible future Natural Area planning; it does not establish a later designation or management decision.

Sources

  1. Reports forest inventory and land-management work on Beaver Island, and exploratory visits to Garden, High, and Hog Islands, including cabins, old settlements, forests, and possible Natural Area protection. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1995-09_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the DNR visit report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1995-09_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Michigan DNR surveys Garden, High, and Hog Islands for forest management in 1995”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-dnr-outer-islands-forest-visit-1995/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1995, “Beaver Island Visit from the DNR.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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