- Dates
- 1998-05 – 1998-11-14
- Kind
- Announcement
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Wildlife Club
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationwildlifefishingcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Beaver Island Wildlife Club reported trail, habitat, feeding, and fish- monitoring work and planned to stock Lake Geneserath with 2,000 bluegill in May 1998. The article also reports 4,000 pounds of shelled corn distributed through six turkey feeders and 100 salt and mineral blocks placed since the previous November.
The same May report announced the club’s first rifle raffle: a Browning B.A.R. chambered in .338 Winchester Magnum, with tickets sold for $10 or eleven for $100. The drawing was scheduled for November 14 during the annual Hunters’ Game Dinner, with proceeds designated for feeder and fish-stocking programs.
Evidence limits
These are club-reported activities and plans, not an agency stocking record, population survey, or independently audited feeding total.
Sources
- Reports the club’s wildlife-preservation purpose, trail clearing, field planting, apple-tree pruning, winter feeding stations, salt and mineral blocks, fish stocking and lake monitoring, a planned May stocking of 2,000 bluegill in Lake Geneserath, 4,000 pounds of shelled corn through six turkey feeders, and a first rifle raffle scheduled for the November 14 Hunters’ Game Dinner. 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 · 1998-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the Wildlife Club preservation and stocking report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1998-05_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports that the Browning rifle was displayed at the Shamrock and tickets remained available for the November 14 Hunters’ Game Dinner drawing, with proceeds intended for Wildlife Club work. 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 · 1998-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the August rifle-raffle follow-up.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1998-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Wildlife Club reports habitat work and announces a 1998 rifle raffle”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-wildlife-club-bluegill-stocking-and-feeding-1998/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1998, “BEAVER ISLAND WILDLIFE CLUB.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).
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