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Beaver Island nature notes call for dog restraint and loon sightings, 1982

Also Beaver Island loon watch and loose dogs 1982

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TypeEvent
Date1982-05
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1982-05
Kind
Conservation
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
wildlifeconservationenvironmentcommunitycommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

May 1982 Nature Notes warned that loose dogs could threaten young wildlife and announced a loon watch seeking reports from Beaver Island lakes.

Evidence limits

The column preserves local observations and a public appeal, not population counts, enforcement actions, or a systematic loon census.

Sources

  1. Warns that loose dogs near the harbor could kill young turkeys, snowshoe hares, and fawns; says hare populations are low; and asks readers to report loon sightings from Barney’s Lake, Fox Lake, and other lakes to Ellie Hohn. These are local observations and a conservation appeal, not a wildlife survey or enforcement record. 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 · 1982-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held twelve-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Nature Notes column.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1982-05_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Warns readers not to feed gulls and terns or disturb numbered study markers on High and Squaw Islands, and again asks that dogs not run loose because of wildlife young in the woods. These are local conservation observations and appeals, not a bird survey or enforcement record. 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 · 1982-07_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held thirty-five-page mixed archive item is paired with the canonical OCR source; its first fifteen pages contain the July 1982 column and later pages contain a separately dated July 1985 insert.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1982-07_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island nature notes call for dog restraint and loon sightings, 1982”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-nature-notes-loon-watch-1982/, accessed [date], citing Jacque LaFreniere, “Nature Notes,” Beaver Beacon, May 1982. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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