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Beaver Island Game Club conservation project proposals, 1974

Also 1974 Game Club turkey, pheasant, trout, timber, and habitat proposals

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TypeEvent
Datescirca 1974-03 – circa 1974-04
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
circa 1974-03 – circa 1974-04
Kind
Conservation
Where
Beaver Island
Participants
Troy Yoder (participant) · Herb Johnson (participant)
Carried out by
Beaver Island Game Club
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Game Club reported several proposed conservation projects in April 1974: restoring wild turkeys, studying pheasants, improving harbor fishing with Mackinaw trout, cutting state timber for browse, burning huckleberry marshes, and testing new deer mineral blocks.

Evidence and limits

These are proposals discussed at a special meeting. The source says turkey restocking depended on DNR funds and live-trapping, and that trout fingerlings would need protection from pike; it does not establish approval, funding, planting, harvest, burning, or later results.

See also

Sources

  1. Reports a special meeting with Troy Yoder, Herb Johnson, and local members; proposals included reintroducing wild turkeys when DNR funds allowed live trapping, studying Reeves and Korean pheasants, planting Mackinaw trout fingerlings in a harbor enclosure, professionally cutting state timber from the Miller’s Marsh area toward French Bay, controlled burning of huckleberry marshes, and new deer mineral blocks. The article records proposals and constraints, not completed work or approvals.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1974-04_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held seven-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1974-04_Beaver-Beacon

Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Game Club conservation project proposals, 1974”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-game-club-conservation-projects-1974/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1974, “Game News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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