Name: Forum reports Showy Lady''s Slipper orchids removed along King''s Highway, 2015
Start: 2015-07-06
End: 2015-07-10
Location: Beaver Island

Forum reports Showy Lady''s Slipper orchids removed along King''s Highway, 2015

Also Beaver Island showy ladyslipper orchids dug up 2015 · King''s Highway orchid conservation alert 2015

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TypeEvent

Dates2015-07-06 – 2015-07-10

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Dates: 2015-07-06 – 2015-07-10
Kind: Conservation
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: conservationinvasive-species-and-ecological-stewardshippublic-informationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

In July 2015, a Beaver Island Forum participant reported that clumps of Showy Lady’s Slipper orchids along King’s Highway had been dug up, leaving holes. The discussion urged residents and visitors to leave the protected orchids in their habitat and connected the report to earlier island conservation warnings.

Evidence limits

This record documents a contemporaneous community report and conservation response, not a verified theft or botanical incident investigation. The archive does not establish the number or identity of plants removed, who removed them, or the legal outcome.

Sources

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Sources

Beaver Island Forum, “Missing Showy Ladyslippers,” July 6–10, 2015.
A participant reported missing orchid clumps and holes along King's Highway, identified the plants as Showy Lady's Slippers, and urged habitat protection; another linked Michigan endangered-species law. The thread contains no incident report, specimen record, investigator finding, or independent confirmation of who removed the plants. The legal summary is participant-provided and should be checked against current state law.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Forum reports Showy Lady''s Slipper orchids removed along King''s Highway, 2015”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-showy-ladys-slipper-removal-2015/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Missing Showy Ladyslippers,” July 6–10, 2015..

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