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Beaver Island loon alert reports four nesting pairs and asks visitors to keep their distance, 1993

Also 1993 Beaver Island loon protection appeal

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Locator map: Barney’s Lake highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
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TypeEvent
Date1993-07
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Locator map: Barney’s Lake highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Barney’s LakeLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Date
1993-07
Kind
Conservation
Where
Barney’s Lake · Fox Lake · Font Lake
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
conservationenvironmentcommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The July 1993 Beaver Beacon reported four nesting loon pairs with young on Barney’s, Fox, and Font Lakes and urged residents and visitors to keep a binocular-range distance from nests and birds.

Evidence limits

This is a local observation and conservation appeal, not a wildlife census, enforcement record, or state or federal monitoring dataset.

Sources

  1. Reports one nesting pair on Barney’s Lake, one on Fox Lake, and two on Font Lake, all with young, and asks people to avoid approaching, fishing near, or harassing loons. 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 · 1993-07_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held sixteen-page issue scan confirms the loon-protection appeal.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1993-07_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island loon alert reports four nesting pairs and asks visitors to keep their distance, 1993”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-loon-protection-alert-1993/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1993, “Loon Alert.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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