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BIPOA and BICS volunteers remove 250 pounds of debris from Beaver Island beaches, September 17, 2005

Also Beaver Island Adopt A Beach Cleanup 2005

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TypeEvent
Date2005-09-17
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2005-09-17
Kind
Conservation
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Modern era
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conservationenvironmentcommunityeducationcommunication
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Beaver Island

Summary

On September 17, 2005, BIPOA and BICS-supported volunteers removed, catalogued, and disposed of 250 pounds of debris from Beaver Island beaches. The event included a public hot-dog roast at the school.

Evidence limits

The report gives the collected weight and organizers but not a site-by-site debris inventory or independent scale record.

Sources

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Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, October 2005, "BIPOA's Beach Clean-up a Success."
    Reports residents and visitors collecting, cataloguing, and delivering 250 pounds of beach debris to the Transfer Station, with BICS as cosponsor and a community hot-dog roast. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2005-10_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the cleanup report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2005-10_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “BIPOA and BICS volunteers remove 250 pounds of debris from Beaver Island beaches, September 17, 2005”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-bipoa-beach-cleanup-september-17-2005/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2005, "BIPOA's Beach Clean-up a Success." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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