- Dates
- 2015-02-09 – 2015-02-13
- Kind
- Conservation initiative
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Association
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationinvasive-speciesgrantpublic-policy
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In February 2015, a Beaver Island conservation advocate used the forum to describe ongoing Phragmites treatment and urge township support for broader invasive-species control. The post connected the work to Sustain Our Great Lakes funding and the Conservation Resource Alliance and listed additional plants that local surveys had identified as treatment targets.
Evidence limits
This record preserves a contemporaneous advocacy and funding discussion, not an official grant ledger or treatment report. The dollar amounts, available funds, and treatment scope require independent governmental or grant documentation before being treated as established facts.
Sources
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Sources
- The post attributed prior Phragmites treatment to a $14,000 Conservation Resource Alliance payment under a Sustain Our Great Lakes grant, described additional invasive species as treatment targets, and urged residents to contact township boards. A reply referenced a Peaine Township discussion and the Beaver Island Association’s educational materials. The forum record is advocacy and community discussion; it does not independently verify grant balances, treatment acreage, or the claim that more than $150,000 was available.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 08 · t008407
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Forum advocates expanded Beaver Island invasive-species control, 2015”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-invasive-species-control-funding-opportunity-2015/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Invasive Species Control Opportunity,” February 9–13, 2015..
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