Name: Beaver Island winter issue reports pussy willows and an otter observation, 1969
Start: 1969-01
End: 1969-01
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1969-01
Kind: Observation
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: environmentwildlifecommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

During a January 1969 trip, Milt Bennett gave the Beaver Beacon editors a bouquet of pussy willows and said he had seen an otter. The notice framed the early seasonal signs as a surprising contrast to the Island’s deep winter.

Evidence and limits

The report does not identify the location of the willows or otter and is not a wildlife survey.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, January 1969, “Spring Is Here????”
Reports Milt Bennett presenting the editors with pussy willows despite winter conditions and saying he saw an otter on the trip where he found them; it does not identify the location or provide a wildlife survey.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1969-01_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, January 1969, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held six-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published seasonal observation.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1969-01_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island winter issue reports pussy willows and an otter observation, 1969”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-pussy-willows-and-otter-observation-1969/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1969, “Spring Is Here????” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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