Name: Grant High School students raise $1,000 for the preservation of Beaver Island’s Miller’s Marsh in 1998
Start: 1998-05
End: 1998-05
Location: Miller’s Marsh

Locator map: Miller’s Marsh highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago — Took place at Miller’s MarshLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.

Event

Date: 1998-05
Kind: Fundraising
Where: Miller’s Marsh
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: conservationeducationwetlandscommunitycommunication
Within: Miller’s Marsh

Summary

Grant High School students raised and contributed $1,000 toward Central Michigan University’s effort to conserve Miller’s Marsh, a 230-acre Beaver Island wetland threatened by proposed development. The May 1998 report ties the gift to the school’s long-running annual field studies at CMU’s biological station.

Evidence limits

The report documents the student contribution and conservation effort, not a completed purchase, easement, or final ownership outcome.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, May 1998, “Students Pitch In to help CMU Preserve Natural Wetland.”
Reports Grant High School students and teachers’ twenty-year annual field-trip connection to CMU’s Beaver Island biological station, their response to plans to develop a 230-acre private wetland tract, and their $1,000 contribution toward CMU’s attempt to preserve Miller’s Marsh for public use. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, May 1998, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the student fundraiser and Miller’s Marsh report.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Grant High School students raise $1,000 for the preservation of Beaver Island’s Miller’s Marsh in 1998”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-grant-high-school-millers-marsh-gift-1998/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1998, “Students Pitch In to help CMU Preserve Natural Wetland.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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