Name: Beaver Island residents cut browse for deer during severe winter, 1971
Start: 1971-02
End: 1971-03
Location: Beaver Island

Beaver Island residents cut browse for deer during severe winter, 1971

Also Beaver Island February 1971 game and deer-feeding report

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago

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TypeEvent

Dates1971-02 – 1971-03

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Dates: 1971-02 – 1971-03
Kind: Conservation
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: wildlifeconservationfishing
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The March 1971 Beaver Beacon reported that deep snow constrained the deer herd and that Bill Wagner, Joe Brimble, and Alvin LaFreniere cut cedar and maple to provide additional winter browse. Fishing remained poor.

Evidence and limits

The report documents an effort and local conditions, not a deer census or a measured survival outcome.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, March 1971, “Game News.”
Reports deep snow restricting the deer herd, Bill Wagner, Joe Brimble, and Alvin LaFreniere cutting cedar and maple to supplement deer diet, and poor fishing results.
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Beaver Beacon, March 1971, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published game report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island residents cut browse for deer during severe winter, 1971”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-february-game-and-deer-feeding-1971/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1971, “Game News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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