Name: Joanne Denko publishes Safe Conduct poem about a road-crossing snake
Start: 2005-04
End: 2005-04
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2005-04
Kind: Publication
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: publicationartswildlifecommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Joanne Denko’s “Safe Conduct” uses a ribbon snake’s attempt to cross a Beaver Island road to combine wildlife observation with a warning about traffic.

Evidence limits

The record documents publication of a poem, not a measured road-mortality incident or snake survey.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, April 2005, "Safe Conduct."
Publishes Joanne Denko's poem about a ribbon snake crossing the corduroy road and the danger posed by passing traffic. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, April 2005, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the poem publication.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Joanne Denko publishes Safe Conduct poem about a road-crossing snake”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-safe-conduct-snake-poem-2005/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 2005, "Safe Conduct." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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