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Wildlife Club builds a DNR, FWS, CMU, and Beaver Island fish-and-bird study team in 1999

Also DNR FWS CMU BIWC study · Beaver Archipelago sport-fish and cormorant project

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TypeEvent
Date1999-01
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Beaver IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Date
1999-01
Kind
Observation
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
conservationsciencecommunitycommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Wildlife Club reported constructive contacts with DNR, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Central Michigan University to examine diminished sport-fish stocks, cormorant effects, and possible fishery improvements in the archipelago.

Evidence limits

This records an emerging study effort, not completed measurements or a final management recommendation.

Sources

  1. Describes a team examining diminished sport-fish stocks, possible double-crested cormorant effects, and ways to improve Beaver Archipelago fishing, with Wildlife Club outreach to state and federal agencies and legislators. 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 · 1999-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the study-team report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1999-01_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Reports a successful follow-up lunch with DNR Fisheries Division, CMU, Wildlife Club, and island participants; cautious expert views; continued study; and Fisheries Division Chief Kelley D. Smith’s request to define the scope of 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 · 1999-03_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held issue scan confirms the cormorant-study follow-up.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1999-03_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Wildlife Club builds a DNR, FWS, CMU, and Beaver Island fish-and-bird study team in 1999”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-wildlife-club-fish-cormorant-study-1999/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1999, “DNR, FWS, CMU, BIWC.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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