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Beaver Island spring Game News, April 1976

Also April 1976 Beaver Island Game News · spring 1976 wildlife report

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TypeEvent
Datecirca 1976-04
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
circa 1976-04
Kind
Observation
Where
Beaver Island
Participants
Sheldon R. Parker (reporter)
Carried out by
Beaver Island Game Club
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
conservationenvironmenthuntingcommunicationcommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Sheldon Parker’s April 1976 Beaver Beacon Game News describes spring wildlife conditions on Beaver Island. It reports more than twenty beaver taken by the end of trapping, deer tracks near town, grouse courtship, few coyote tracks, planned apple-tree planting, Fox Lake trout, and a possible third bass charter boat.

Evidence and limits

The report combines local observation with Game Club plans and hearsay about a charter boat. It does not provide a complete harvest roster, wildlife census, planting record, or verified fishing schedule.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Reports the end of beaver trapping with more than twenty animals counted, deer tracks, grouse courtship, few coyote tracks, planned apple-tree planting after May 1, trout from Fox Lake, and a possible third bass charter boat. It is a local observation and club report, not a harvest register, wildlife census, or verified charter schedule. 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 · 1976-04_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue confirms the bylined spring Game News report and its conditional planting and charter language.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1976-04_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island spring Game News, April 1976”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-spring-game-news-april-1976/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1976, “Game Club News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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