- Dates
- circa 1972-01 – circa 1972
- Kind
- Conservation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Game Club
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationenvironmentcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In January 1972, Beaver Island Game Club members and volunteers began a continuing timber-cutting project near Doty’s camp to provide browse for deer and small game. The project was headed by Fire Officer Bill Wagner, and the club purchased a chain saw for the work.
Evidence and limits
The Beacon describes the project as intended to continue indefinitely. It does not provide a map, acreage, harvest volume, budget, or later ecological result.
Sources
- Reports a continuing timber-cutting project near Doty’s camp, headed by Fire Officer Bill Wagner with named volunteers, and says the Game Club purchased a chain saw; it does not give acreage or a completion date.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1972-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nine-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1972-01_Beaver-Beacon
Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Game Club winter browse-cutting project, 1972”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-game-club-timber-cutting-1972/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1972, “Game News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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