- Date
- 2019-05-11
- Kind
- Conservation warning
- Where
- Greene’s Bay
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- wildlifeconservationpublic-safetyrecreation
- Within
- Greene’s Bay
Summary
In May 2019, a forum post reported unauthorized ORV and dirt-motorcycle use around Greene’s Bay dunes during piping-plover nesting season. The post urged people to stay on county roads and supplied local law-enforcement contact numbers.
Evidence limits
This is an attributed community report and warning, not an independently verified enforcement record or nesting survey. It establishes that the concern was publicly raised, not that a violation was adjudicated.
Sources
- A forum post reported two ORVs and a dirt motorcycle using dunes and crossing private property at Greene’s Bay, identified the area as piping-plover habitat, and said a deputy had been notified. A follow-up supplied contact numbers. The archive does not contain an incident report, citation, wildlife survey, or independent confirmation.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 14 · t014121
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Illegal ORV use at Greene’s Bay is reported during piping-plover nesting season, 2019”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-illegal-orv-use-greens-bay-piping-plover-warning-2019/, accessed [date], citing Pam Grassmick, “Illegal ORV Use,” Beaver Island Forum, May 15–17, 2019..
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