- Dates
- 2024-04-09 – 2024-04-13
- Kind
- Designation
- Where
- Beaver Islands State Wildlife Research Area
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationenvironmentastronomycommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island · Beaver Islands State Wildlife Research Area
Summary
In April 2024, Beaver Island’s State Wildlife Research Area received the International Dark Sky Sanctuary designation documented by the May Northern Islander. The newspaper places 9,195.5 acres of the area within the sanctuary. A contemporaneous forum thread relayed the designation and announced a planned September 20 dedication ceremony.
Evidence limits
The newspaper is the stronger held evidence for the certification and acreage; the forum is useful for the timing of the community announcement and the planned dedication. The held materials do not include the certifying body’s formal instrument or confirm that the dedication occurred.
Sources
- Northern Islander, May 2024, “Dark Sky Sanctuary.”Reports the 2024 DarkSky certification and says the sanctuary includes 9,195.5 acres of the Beaver Island State Wildlife Research Area under Michigan DNR ownership and management. It is the stronger held source for the designation and acreage claim. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
- The thread links to an April 9 Interlochen Public Radio report, celebrates Beaver Island as the twentieth sanctuary, and says a dedication ceremony was planned for September 20, 2024. The forum discussion does not itself establish the certifying body’s formal instrument or confirm that the dedication occurred.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018086
Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island State Wildlife Research Area receives Dark Sky Sanctuary designation, 2024”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-dark-sky-sanctuary-designation-2024/, accessed [date], citing Northern Islander, May 2024, “Dark Sky Sanctuary.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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