- Date
- 1959-08
- Kind
- Meeting
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Game Club
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationwildlifehuntingconstructioncommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The August 1959 Beaver Beacon reports a Michigan Conservation Department meeting with Beaver Island’s Game Club. The discussion covered encouraging deer hunting, a proposed trail connection through the island, and a planned visit by professional trapper Jerry Jones for coyote control.
Evidence limits
The report does not provide meeting minutes, herd counts, trail construction records, permits, or a completed wildlife-management plan.
Open questions
- Was the proposed trail connection from Fox Lake to Lake Geneserath and the east and west roads ever built?
- Did the East Lansing and Haslett Boy Scouts’ August 1959 trail-clearing work on High Island produce a route that survives in later High Island trail records?
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Sources
- Reports a Michigan Conservation Department meeting with the Game Club, plans to encourage deer hunters because the herd was considered too large, a proposed trail connection from Fox Lake to Lake Geneserath and the east and west roads, and Jerry Jones’s planned late-August coyote-control visit. It does not provide minutes, herd counts, trail construction records, permits, or a completed management plan. 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 · 1959-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held five-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the game-management and trail-plan notice; it does not expand the wildlife or construction record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-08_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports Boy Scouts from East Lansing and Haslett camping on High Island August 15–22 and helping game biologists clear and mark trails. It does not provide a work log, trail map, biological survey, or completion record. 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 · 1959-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held three-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the trail-clearing report; it does not expand the conservation or construction record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-09_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports a growing deer herd, a permit deadline, two raccoons from the prior release in good condition, and Jerry Jones’s reported catch of 42 foxes and 14 coyotes. It does not provide permits, biological surveys, release records, carcass records, or a complete trapping 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 · 1959-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held four-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the game and trapping report; it does not expand the wildlife or enforcement record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-10_Beaver-Beacon
Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Michigan game officials meet with Beaver Island’s Game Club, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-game-management-and-trails-meeting-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1959, "ATTENTION HUNTERS!" (and 5 further sources listed on the page).
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