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Wildlife Club transfers 67 walleye fingerlings and begins deer monitoring

Also Wildlife Club transfers 67 walleye fingerlings and begins deer monitoring

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TypeEvent
Dates2003-06-27 – 2003-09-30
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
2003-06-27 – 2003-09-30
Kind
Conservation
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
fishwildlifeconservationhuntingstewardship
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Wildlife Club transferred 67 walleye fingerlings from its rearing pond to Lake Geneserath after a disappointing first-year yield. It also began standardized evening deer observations through September and discussed a hunter contest and turkey nesting observations.

Evidence limits

This is a club report and preliminary monitoring plan, not a population estimate or fisheries assessment.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, August 2003, “Wildlife Club News”.
    Reports the June 27 pond seine yielding 67 two-inch fingerlings transferred to Lake Geneserath, plans to improve the pond, a deer observation survey through September, a hunter contest, and reports of turkey poults. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-08_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the August 2003 report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-08_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Wildlife Club transfers 67 walleye fingerlings and begins deer monitoring”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-wildlife-club-walleye-deer-turkey-monitoring-2003/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 2003, “Wildlife Club News”. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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