- Date
- 1999
- Kind
- Conservation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationenvironmentsciencecommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Little Traverse Conservancy’s 1999 Beaver Island report described 240 acres permanently protected from commercial, residential, or hunting use, including Miller’s Marsh and Little Sand Bay. The report linked the protected land to resident and visitor access, CMU Biological Station research, and long-term maintenance.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper summary of Conservancy accomplishments, not a deed set, survey, or independent acreage verification.
Sources
- Reports 240 acres permanently protected, including 210-acre Miller’s Marsh assigned to CMU Biological Station use and research and 30 acres at Little Sand Bay transferred to the State with Conservancy maintenance; it also identifies Gull Harbor work. 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 · 2000-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the Conservancy report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2000-03_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Little Traverse Conservancy reports 240 acres protected on Beaver Island in 1999”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-little-traverse-conservancy-1999-accomplishments/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 2000, “Little Traverse Conservancy: 1999 Accomplishments—Beaver Island.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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