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Beaver Island Game Club opposes a proposed 1983 doe season

Also 1983 Beaver Island doe-season petition

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

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TypeEvent
Date1983-08
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1983-08
Kind
Conservation
Where
Beaver Island
Carried out by
Beaver Island Game Club
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
conservationwildlifegovernmentcommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The August 1983 Beaver Beacon reported that the DNR would allow a Beaver Island doe season with 180 permits, half for island landowners. The Game Club opposed the decision and urged a petition and a population study.

Evidence limits

The source does not include the DNR order, permit distribution, petition, or a wildlife-population study.

Sources

  1. Reports that the DNR was allowing a doe season on Beaver Island, with 180 permits to be issued and half reserved for island landowners; the Game Club opposed the decision, planned a petition, and urged residents to ask for a population study before the season. This is a newspaper account, not the DNR order, permit file, petition, or wildlife census. 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 · 1983-08_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eleven-page August issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Game Club notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1983-08_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Reports an August 31 meeting with DNR officials, 150 permits divided between 100 landowners and 50 public permits, landowner restrictions, a November 14 Doe Permit Burning, and DNR interest in turkey, cottontail, and Fox Lake fish-restocking programmes. It does not include the DNR order, permit register, petition, or later season results. 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 · 1983-09_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held nine-page September issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Game Club follow-up.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1983-09_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Game Club opposes a proposed 1983 doe season”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-doe-season-petition-1983/, accessed [date], citing Game Club News, Beaver Beacon, August 1983. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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