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Beaver Island announces and carries out reported 2014 invasive Phragmites treatment

Also Beaver Island invasive Phragmites treatment 2014

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TypeEvent
Dates2014-08-25 – 2014-09-21
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
2014-08-25 – 2014-09-21
Kind
Conservation
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
conservationenvironmentinvasive-species
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The April-May 2014 Beaver Beacon reports the Island’’s Phragmites program as a positive example in an archipelago meeting. In August, organizers announced a public meeting at Peaine Township Hall to discuss that year’s invasive Phragmites treatment. September forum notices then reported treatment activity on Garden, High, and Whiskey islands and announced contractors’ scheduled arrival for Beaver Island, with dated warning signs and a short post-treatment avoidance period.

Evidence limits

The notices establish the public meeting announcement and contemporaneous reported treatment activity. They do not provide the treatment map, permits, contractor records, treated acreage, or an independent outcome assessment.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, April-May 2014, "News from the Townships."
    Reports that the Island's Phragmites coordinator described Beaver Island as a beacon of hope at an archipelago meeting about invasive-species eradication. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2014-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held April-May issue scan confirms the Phragmites program report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2014-05_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Notice announces a public meeting at Peaine Township Hall on August 28 to discuss 2014 treatment; the organizer says permitting was still pending and does not claim volunteer work had begun.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 07 · t007899
  4. Participant report says a crew was treating invasive Phragmites on Garden, High, and Whiskey islands and gives a four-hour avoidance precaution for treated areas.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 07 · t007998
  5. Notice says contractors were scheduled to arrive September 17 and that treatment areas would be marked with dated, time-stamped warning signs.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 08 · t008004

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island announces and carries out reported 2014 invasive Phragmites treatment”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-phragmites-treatment-2014/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April-May 2014, "News from the Townships." (and 4 further sources listed on the page).

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