- Dates
- 1979-01 – 1979-02-08
- Kind
- Conservation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- weatherconservationenvironmentcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The January 1979 issue reports severe winter weather, 26 beaver tagged by the DNR, and a February 8 delivery of 22 wild turkeys to the Township Airport.
Evidence and limits
These are newspaper observations and program reports, not station, tagging, transport, or wildlife-release records.
Sources
- Reports a 34-degree high, minus 7-degree low, 1.31 inches of precipitation, and 37 inches of January snowfall; says DNR Officer Bill Wagner had tagged 26 beaver; and reports that 22 turkeys arrived at the Township Airport by DNR helicopter on February 8. These are newspaper observations and program reports, not station, tagging, transport, or wildlife-release records. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1979-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eight-page January issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the weather, beaver, and turkey report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1979-01_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “January weather, beaver tagging, and wild-turkey arrival reported, 1979”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-january-1979-weather-game-and-turkey-arrival/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1979, January weather and game reports. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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