- Date
- 2012-07-11
- Kind
- Conservation
- Where
- Little Sand Bay
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationenvironmenteducationcommunity
- Within
- Little Sand Bay
Summary
The Beaver Island Association and Little Traverse Conservancy organized a July 11, 2012 spotted-knapweed removal at Little Sand Bay. A follow-up reported that Kalamazoo College participants and island residents worked for three hours and made substantial progress protecting Pitcher’’s thistle habitat.
Evidence limits
The completion account is organizer-reported and does not quantify the removed area or independently measure ecological effect.
Sources
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Sources
- The organizers invited volunteers to remove spotted knapweed on July 11. A July 12 thank-you reports Kalamazoo College faculty and students and island residents worked for three hours, removed a large amount, and hauled a truckload with Transfer Station assistance. This is organizer-reported work completion, not an independent ecological measurement.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005130
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Volunteers remove spotted knapweed at Little Sand Bay, 2012”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-little-sand-bay-knapweed-removal-2012/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Association and Little Traverse Conservancy, “Help protect Little Sand Bay,” Beaver Island Forum, June 30–July 12, 2012..
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