Name: Beaver Island neighborhood group posts a monarch-crossing warning sign, 2006
Start: 2006-08
End: 2006-08
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2006-08
Kind: Conservation
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: wildlifeanimalsconservationcommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The August 2006 Beacon documented a roadside warning sign asking drivers to slow down for monarch butterflies. It attributed the sign to a newly formed, self-appointed Neighborhood Committee for the Protection of Wildlife.

Evidence limits

The humorous report does not identify the sign’s exact location, document a formal organization’s membership, or establish a monarch population trend.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

"A Stop Sign for the Monarchs," Beaver Beacon, August 2006.
Describes a stop sign with a "PLEASE DRIVE SLOWLY MONARCHS PASSING HERE!" notice and the neighborhood committee's concern about declining monarch numbers. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, August 2006, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the sign photograph and report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island neighborhood group posts a monarch-crossing warning sign, 2006”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-monarch-wildlife-neighborhood-sign-2006/, accessed [date], citing "A Stop Sign for the Monarchs," Beaver Beacon, August 2006. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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