- Date
- circa 1977-01
- Kind
- Observation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- huntingconservationenvironmentwildlifecommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The January 1977 Beaver Beacon’s “Game News” describes severe cold and drifting snow, deer using yarding areas, beaver trapping during a difficult winter, and coyotes crossing newly frozen water between the islands and mainland.
Evidence and limits
These are local newspaper observations and seasonal reports. They do not establish a wildlife census, complete harvest or trapping returns, or an official ice-safety determination.
Sources
- Reports severe cold and drifting snow, deer confined to yarding areas, beaver trapping underway amid altered habitat, and coyotes crossing the frozen out islands and mainland. It does not provide a harvest ledger, trapping returns, wildlife census, or measured ice-safety 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 · 1977-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nine-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the source-reported winter wildlife observations.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1977-01_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island winter game and wildlife report, January 1977”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-game-news-january-1977/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1977, “Game News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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