Summary
John Ozaga is identified in September 1961 as a Conservation Department biologist who spent months studying predator animals on Beaver Island. The Beaver Beacon attributes the 214-mile January–March field study and its coyote, fox, deer, rabbit, and grouse observations to him.
Evidence and limits
This is an episode-qualified record. The held source provides no age, full career, residence, institutional personnel record, or later wildlife work.
Open questions
- What was John Ozaga’s full career and formal agency assignment?
- Where are his field notes and the underlying wildlife records?
See also
- John Ozaga predator study on Beaver Island (1961)
- Michigan Conservation Department (Beaver Island wildlife work, 1961)
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, September 1961, “Conservation Department News.”Identifies John Ozaga as a Conservation Department biologist and attributes the 1961 predator study, 214 miles of hiking, mortality observations, and grouse-brood count to him.
- Beaver Beacon, August 1960, predator-study notice.Identifies John Ozaga as a Michigan State student and Game Division student conservation aide studying predators on Beaver Island; it does not provide a full personnel biography.
- Beaver Beacon, January 1962, “Big Game Hunt or Safari into the Wilds.”Reports that John Ozaga had tagged nine coyotes during the previous summer and that none of nine coyotes taken in the fall had one of his tags; it does not establish a complete tagging register or identify the hunters beyond the article’s account.