- Date
- 2010-03
- Kind
- Publication
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationenvironmentwildlifeforestswetlandsgovernancecommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In a March 2010 Beaver Beacon letter, Seamus Norgaard questioned the Beaver Island Conservation Club’s stated aim of maximizing wildlife, forests, and fisheries. He argued for managing the island’s full biodiversity, including mature forests, wetlands, game, and non-game species.
Evidence limits
This record preserves one writer’s attributed argument and does not treat it as a consensus position, ecological assessment, or statement of the Conservation Club’s response.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, March 2010, "Biodiversity and the New Conservation Club."Seamus Norgaard’s letter argues that conservation should protect the island’s biodiversity, mature forests, wetlands, game and non-game species, and broader natural heritage rather than maximizing one or two game species. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2010-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the letter to the editor.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2010-03_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Seamus Norgaard argues for biodiversity-focused conservation, 2010”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-seamus-norgaard-biodiversity-letter-2010/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 2010, "Biodiversity and the New Conservation Club." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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