- Date
- 1999-10
- Kind
- Conservation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationwildlifefishinggovernancecommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The October 1999 Beacon placed Beaver Island’s cormorant concerns in a wider Great Lakes debate. Its reprinted report describes federal protection, fishery and island-vegetation impacts, nest destruction, egg oiling, and the conflicting legal and ethical positions surrounding control efforts.
Evidence limits
This is a reprinted regional report, not a Beaver Island population survey or local management decision.
Sources
- Reprints an Associated Press report describing federally protected cormorants, Great Lakes fishery concerns, nest destruction and egg-oiling practices, and competing arguments from wildlife officials, fishermen, and animal-rights advocates. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1999-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the cormorant-management report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1999-10_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon documents the protected-cormorant management debate across the Great Lakes in 1999”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-cormorant-management-great-lakes-1999/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1999, “Protected Invaders! Cormorants Overrun Great Lakes.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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