Summary
Vernon Fitzpatrick is identified in 1961 as Beaver Island’s conservation officer. The Beaver Beacon credits him with weather reports, the official announcement of a bucks-only deer season, Fox Lake toxicity information, and the December brook-trout planting with Bud Knight.
Evidence and limits
This is an episode-qualified record. The sources do not provide Fitzpatrick’s full biography, exact state title, service dates, or a formal deer order.
Open questions
- What were Vernon Fitzpatrick’s full dates and state conservation career?
- Where are the formal deer-season and Fox Lake management records?
See also
- Beaver Island bucks-only deer season announced for 1961
- Brook-trout stocking at Fox Lake (1961)
- Michigan Conservation Department (Beaver Island wildlife work, 1961)
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, September 1961, “Weather” and “Conservation Department News.”Calls Vernon Fitzpatrick the resident Conservation Officer, credits him with monthly weather reports, and names him as the official announcer of the 1961 bucks-only deer season.
- Beaver Beacon, November 1961, game news.Attributes Fox Lake toxicity-test information to Vernon Fitzpatrick.
- Beaver Beacon, December 1961, “Good News.”Names Fitzpatrick as the conservation officer who planted 2,000 brook trout at Fox Lake with Bud Knight.
- Beaver Beacon, January 1962, “Sporting News.”Reports Fitzpatrick announcing a Game Division plan to resume turkey trapping in Allegan State Forest; it does not establish completion or a later Beaver Island release.
- Beaver Beacon, February 1960, “Big Meeting.”Lists Vernon Fitzpatrick as vice-president and a director elected at the January 7 Beaver Island Civic Association meeting. It does not establish whether this role was connected to his later conservation-office service.