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Conservation timber work improves grouse habitat on Garden Island, 1959

Also 1959 Garden Island grouse habitat permit · Ernie Manthi timber cutting

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Locator map: Garden Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Garden IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
TypeEvent
Date1959-11
WithinGarden Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Locator map: Garden Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Garden IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Date
1959-11
Kind
Conservation
Where
Garden Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
conservationwildlifeforestryhunting
Within
Garden Island

Summary

The November 1959 Beaver Beacon reports Ernie Manthi cutting timber on Garden Island under a Game Division permit to improve grouse habitat and notes that bad weather limited grouse and small-game hunting.

Evidence limits

The notice does not provide the permit, work plan, habitat survey, weather data, or hunting results.

Sources

  1. Reports Ernie Manthi cutting timber on Garden Island under a Game Division permit to improve grouse habitat and says adverse weather limited grouse and small-game hunting. It does not provide the permit, work plan, habitat survey, weather data, or hunting results. 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 · 1959-11_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held five-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the conservation notice; it does not expand the permit, habitat, or hunting record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-11_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Conservation timber work improves grouse habitat on Garden Island, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-garden-island-grouse-habitat-work-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1959, "CONSERVATION DEPT. NEWS." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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