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Event

Conservation Department releases 28 ruffed grouse on Hog Island (1961)

Also 1961 Hog Island grouse release

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
WithinHog Island · Beaver Island
ErasModern era

Summary

Twenty-eight disease-free ruffed grouse were reported released on Hog Island during the week of July 30, 1961. The same notice says a game biologist was running a grouse census on Beaver Island.

Evidence and limits

No release log, source population, or post-release survey is held here.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, August 1961, sporting news.
    Reports Vernon Fitzpatrick reporting that 28 disease-free ruffed grouse were released on Hog Island during the week of July 30 and that a game biologist was running a grouse census. It does not provide release records, source population, or survival data.