- Date
- 2008-08
- Kind
- Conservation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- wildlifeconservationtransportationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Owen Neils’s August 2008 “Brake for Bufo” notice asked drivers to watch for American toads on Beaver Island roads, especially on warm nights when the animals follow insects toward vehicle headlights.
Evidence limits
The item is a public-awareness notice, not a road-mortality survey or population estimate.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, August 2008, "Brake for Bufo" by Owen Neils.Asks night drivers to watch for large American toads crossing Island roads and notes their vulnerability to vehicle collisions. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the wildlife notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-08_Beaver-Beacon
Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island notice asks drivers to avoid American toads, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-american-toad-road-safety-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 2008, "Brake for Bufo" by Owen Neils. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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