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Beaver Island community issues roadside Showy Lady''s Slipper protection alert, 2016

Also Beaver Island showy ladyslipper protection 2016 · Beaver Island roadside orchid reporting alert

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TypeEvent
Dates2016-06-22 – 2017-07-01
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ErasModern era
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2016-06-22 – 2017-07-01
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Modern era
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Summary

In June 2016, a Beaver Island Forum notice urged residents and drivers to protect Showy Lady’s Slippers along island roads, report suspected removal to local law enforcement or the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, and consider warning flyers at transportation entry points. June 2017 discussions reported further alleged picking or disturbance and described a community response that included posting protective signs. The later reports continued the conservation concern documented in 2015 and earlier island warnings.

Evidence limits

These are community protection appeals and reports, not an official plant survey or incident report. They do not establish how many orchids were present or removed, who was responsible, whether a law was violated, or the effectiveness of the reported signs.

Sources

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Sources

  1. A participant urged drivers to watch for people removing Showy Lady's Slippers, provided sheriff/DNR reporting numbers, described the plants as threatened and slow-growing, and proposed warning flyers at the boat and air ports. The thread documents a community protection appeal, not a verified removal incident, official survey, or legal determination.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 10 · t010345
  2. Participants reported that large roadside clumps had allegedly been removed the prior summer and that flowers were reportedly picked in 2017, while urging education and reporting. These are community reports, not verified incidents, a botanical survey, or a legal determination.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 11 · t011802
  3. Residents described alleged picking or disturbance of Showy Lady's Slippers, discussed their rarity and site-specific growth, and advocated leaving them in place. The thread includes joking replies; its reports are community testimony, not a verified incident record or legal determination.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 11 · t011766
  4. Residents reported seeing a person carrying a fistful of Showy Lady's Slippers and another bouquet, then said protective signs were posted near town locations with Beaver Island Association involvement. These are community reports and a reported response, not an agency confirmation of species loss or enforcement.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 11 · t011789

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island community issues roadside Showy Lady''s Slipper protection alert, 2016”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-showy-ladys-slipper-protection-alert-2016/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Eyes on the Roadsides are Needed,” June 22–23, 2016. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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