- Date
- 1976-03-23
- Kind
- Conservation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Participants
- Sheldon R. Parker (reporter)
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationenvironmenthuntingcommunicationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
On March 23, 1976, the DNR reportedly released 13 adult wild turkeys south of Beaver Island’s airport: 11 hens and two toms. The report asks islanders not to hunt them and records plans for further plantings.
Evidence and limits
This is a local newspaper account of a release and management appeal. It does not establish the exact release point, permit, survival, or a lasting flock.
Sources
See the sources block above.
Sources
- Reports 13 adult wild turkeys delivered by the DNR on March 23—11 hens and two toms—released about two miles south of the airport with temporary feed; it asks that they not be hunted and says the Game Club planned additional plantings when birds became available. It does not provide a release log, permit, survival study, or later population result. 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 · 1976-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue confirms the Game News report and its conditional management language.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1976-03_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island turkey release and spring Game News, 1976”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-turkey-release-and-spring-game-news-1976/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1976, “Game News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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