- Date
- 2008-11
- Kind
- Environmental intervention
- Where
- Little Sand Bay
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationwildlifewaterinfrastructurecommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island · Little Sand Bay
Summary
In early November 2008, Little Traverse Conservancy personnel reportedly installed a “beaver deceiver” at Little Sand Bay. The term ordinarily refers to a flow-control arrangement intended to reduce flooding or protect a drainage opening while allowing water to continue moving.
Evidence limits
The surviving evidence is a contemporaneous forum notice linking to an external video that is not treated here as a locally held or independently verified record. The thread does not establish the installation’s exact engineering, purpose at this site, later performance, or regulatory status.
Sources
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Sources
- Frank Solle reported that Little Traverse Conservancy personnel had installed a beaver deceiver at Little Sand Bay earlier in November and linked to a short video. The post is a contemporary secondhand community notice; it does not preserve design specifications, permitting, or an independent completion report.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 01 · t001326
Added 9 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Little Traverse Conservancy personnel install a beaver deceiver at Little Sand Bay, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-little-sand-bay-beaver-deceiver-installed-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, "Beaver Deciever," November 15–23, 2008..
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