- Date
- 1969-03
- Kind
- Observation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- wildlifefishingconservationenvironment
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The March 1969 Beaver Beacon reported that rabbits had been only lightly reduced by the season, ice shanties were being stored until the next year, and deer were leaving their winter yards in excellent condition. Little ice on Lake Michigan suggested that spring was approaching.
Evidence and limits
These are newspaper observations, not an official harvest, population, or fisheries dataset.
Sources
- Reports rabbits largely unaffected by the season, ice shanties being stored, deer leaving winter yards in excellent condition, and little Lake Michigan ice; it does not provide an official harvest, population, or fisheries dataset.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1969-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published game report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1969-03_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island winter game and ice-fishing season winds down, 1969”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-game-news-march-1969/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1969, “Game News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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