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Joe Balsano conducts amphibian fieldwork on Garden and Hog Islands, 1959

Also 1959 Garden Island amphibian study · Joe Balsano doctoral fieldwork

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TypeEvent
Date1959-09
WithinGarden Island · Hog Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1959-09
Kind
Education
Where
Garden Island · Hog Island
Eras
Modern era
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Garden Island · Hog Island

Summary

The September 1959 Beaver Beacon reports Joe Balsano of Marquette University working on Garden and Hog Islands for a doctoral thesis about frogs, toads, and water snakes.

Evidence limits

The brief notice does not provide a thesis, specimen catalog, methods, or completed findings.

Sources

  1. Reports Joe Balsano of Marquette University working on Garden and Hog Islands on a doctoral thesis about amphibians, including frogs, toads, and water snakes. It does not provide a thesis, specimen catalog, methods, or completed findings. 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 · 1959-09_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held three-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the fieldwork notice; it does not expand the research record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-09_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Joe Balsano conducts amphibian fieldwork on Garden and Hog Islands, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-joe-balsano-amphibian-study-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1959, "SCHOOL OPENS." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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