- Dates
- 2023-09-18 – 2023-10-01
- Kind
- Maintenance
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- infrastructureenvironmentwetlandsstewardshipherbicide
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In August 2023, a resident forum post relayed a notice attributed to Great Lakes Energy and Thunder Bay Tree Service describing planned hand-applied foliar herbicide treatment along Beaver Island power-line rights-of-way from September 18 through 22, with applications reportedly completed by October 1. The post listed selective treatment of re-sprouting growth, drying precautions, and an opt-out possibility.
Evidence limits
This record preserves a resident’s account of a utility-contractor notice and separates it from the author’s environmental concerns and secondhand assurances. It does not establish the treatment’s exact locations, permits, formulations, quantities, application, ecological effects, or completion.
Sources
- A resident relayed a letter attributed to Great Lakes Energy and Thunder Bay Tree Service announcing September 18–22 hand-spray treatment, with applications reportedly completed by October 1, selective treatment of re-sprouting growth, a listed herbicide mix, drying precautions, wind concerns, and an opt-out possibility. The post also contains the author’s environmental concerns and a secondhand assurance; it is not a utility work order, herbicide label, permit, treatment map, independent safety assessment, or completion report.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 17 · t017881
Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Great Lakes Energy contractor announces planned power-line right-of-way herbicide treatment, 2023”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-power-line-right-of-way-herbicide-treatment-2023/, accessed [date], citing TaniaRH, “Upcoming herbicide treatment of power line right-of-way,” Beaver Island Forum, August 8, 2023, topic 17881..
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