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Beaver Island Beacon reports a deer and fawn observation and urges pet restraint, 1989

Also Beaver Island deer looking report · June 1989 deer guidance

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TypeEvent
Date1989-06
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1989-06
Kind
Observation
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
wildlifeanimalsconservationcommunicationcommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The June issue records a quiet observation of a doe and newly born fawn near Fox Lake Road and gives seasonal guidance to keep pets confined. The article frames disturbance reduction as a practical wildlife-protection measure.

Sources

  1. Describes a doe giving birth near Fox Lake Road and asks readers to confine pets while shore birds, ducks, and deer are vulnerable. 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 · 1989-06_Beaver-Beacon
  2. Paired held twenty-two-page June issue PDF.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1989-06_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Beacon reports a deer and fawn observation and urges pet restraint, 1989”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-deer-fawn-observation-and-pet-guidance-1989/, accessed [date], citing “For DEER Hearts and Gentle People,” and “PLEASE NOTE,” Beaver Beacon, June 1989. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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