- Dates
- 2014-08-25 – 2014-09-21
- Kind
- Conservation
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationenvironmentinvasive-species
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The April-May 2014 Beaver Beacon reports the Island’’s Phragmites program as a positive example in an archipelago meeting. In August, organizers announced a public meeting at Peaine Township Hall to discuss that year’s invasive Phragmites treatment. September forum notices then reported treatment activity on Garden, High, and Whiskey islands and announced contractors’ scheduled arrival for Beaver Island, with dated warning signs and a short post-treatment avoidance period.
Evidence limits
The notices establish the public meeting announcement and contemporaneous reported treatment activity. They do not provide the treatment map, permits, contractor records, treated acreage, or an independent outcome assessment.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, April-May 2014, "News from the Townships."Reports that the Island's Phragmites coordinator described Beaver Island as a beacon of hope at an archipelago meeting about invasive-species eradication. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2014-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held April-May issue scan confirms the Phragmites program report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2014-05_Beaver-Beacon
- Notice announces a public meeting at Peaine Township Hall on August 28 to discuss 2014 treatment; the organizer says permitting was still pending and does not claim volunteer work had begun.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 07 · t007899
- Participant report says a crew was treating invasive Phragmites on Garden, High, and Whiskey islands and gives a four-hour avoidance precaution for treated areas.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 07 · t007998
- Notice says contractors were scheduled to arrive September 17 and that treatment areas would be marked with dated, time-stamped warning signs.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 08 · t008004
Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island announces and carries out reported 2014 invasive Phragmites treatment”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-phragmites-treatment-2014/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April-May 2014, "News from the Townships." (and 4 further sources listed on the page).
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