- Date
- 1983-04-01
- Kind
- Announcement
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- environmentpublic-servicegovernmentcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The May 1983 Beacon reproduced a Michigan DNR notice saying that state-land firewood permits cost $10 beginning April 1, 1983. A permit covered up to five standard cords of dead or down wood or logging tops for personal use, subject to restrictions on location and removal.
Evidence limits
This is a period public notice. It is not a current rule, permit, property record, or record of anyone’s cutting activity.
Sources
- States that free firewood permits for state land ended April 1, 1983 and that a $10 permit allowed up to five standard cords of dead or down wood or logging tops for personal use. The notice gives rules about locating state land, signed permits, live trees, roads, campgrounds, water, and wildlife trees. It is a reproduced public notice, not a current regulation or permit ledger. 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 · 1983-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held fourteen-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the DNR notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1983-05_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Michigan DNR announces paid state-land firewood permits, 1983”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-firewood-permit-guidance-1983/, accessed [date], citing Michigan Department of Natural Resources notice, Beaver Beacon, May 1983. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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