Name: Conservation Department releases 28 ruffed grouse on Hog Island, 1961
Start: 1961-07-30
End: 1961-08-05
Location: Hog Island

Conservation Department releases 28 ruffed grouse on Hog Island, 1961

Also 1961 Hog Island grouse release

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Locator map: Hog Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago

Took place at Hog IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.

TypeEvent

Dates1961-07-30 – 1961-08-05

WithinHog Island · Beaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Dates: 1961-07-30 – 1961-08-05
Kind: Conservation
Where: Hog Island
Participants: Vernon Fitzpatrick (conservation_officer)
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: conservationenvironment
Within: Hog Island · Beaver Island

Summary

Twenty-eight disease-free ruffed grouse were reported released on Hog Island during the week of July 30, 1961. The same notice says a game biologist was running a grouse census on Beaver Island.

Evidence and limits

No release log, source population, or post-release survey is held here.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, August 1961, sporting news.
Reports Vernon Fitzpatrick reporting that 28 disease-free ruffed grouse were released on Hog Island during the week of July 30 and that a game biologist was running a grouse census. It does not provide release records, source population, or survival data.
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Beaver Beacon, August 1961, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Conservation Department releases 28 ruffed grouse on Hog Island, 1961”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-ruffed-grouse-release-hog-island-1961/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1961, sporting news. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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