Name: Game Club plants grain and clover clearings for wildlife habitat, 1961
Start: 1961-06
End: 1961-06
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1961-06
Kind: Conservation
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: conservationenvironmentfishing
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Game Club planted grain and clover in clearings as a wildlife-attraction experiment.

Evidence and limits

The intended wildlife effects are reported hopes, not measured results.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, June 1961, island news and retrospective notices.
The June 1961 issue reports that the Game Club planted short-season corn, oats, and white clover-ladino in island clearings. The stated aims were to attract grouse, deer, and fall geese; the seeds were growing well. The intended wildlife effects are reported hopes, not measured results.
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Beaver Beacon, June 1961, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held six-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.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Game Club plants grain and clover clearings for wildlife habitat, 1961”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-game-club-habitat-planting-1961/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 1961, island news and retrospective notices. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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