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Beaver Island Game Club spring observations (1973)

Also 1973 spring Game Club news · Beaver Island smelt and sucker run

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era

Summary

The May 1973 Game Club report describes a light spring smelt run, a sucker run heaviest in Cable’s Creek, and no observed duck or goose use of the nesting boxes at Greenes Lake at the time of writing. It also records early mushroom collecting.

Evidence and limits

These are local observations, not a wildlife census or a record of completed stocking, nesting, harvest, or population results.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, May 1973, “Game Club News.”
    Reports a light, short smelt run; a sucker run in progress, heaviest in Cable's Creek; no ducks or geese yet using the Green's Lake nesting boxes; and a few beefsteak mushrooms with morels beginning. It does not establish later wildlife occupancy or harvest totals.
  2. Beaver Beacon, April 1973, “Game Club News.”
    Describes the Greenes Lake nesting platforms and wood-duck boxes as ready and records other spring habitat observations; the April report is treated as preceding context rather than proof of May occupancy.