- Dates
- 1966-09-15 – 1966-10-30
- Kind
- Conservation
- Where
- Garden Island · High Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationenvironmentgovernance
- Within
- Garden Island · High Island
Summary
The November 1966 Beaver Beacon reported a special ruffed-grouse season on Garden and High Islands. Hunters were required to obtain permits at the Beaver Island Field Office, return report cards, and submit birds for checking. The article said the purpose was to measure hunting pressure, flushing rates, kill, sex and age ratios, disease, and food habits.
For Garden Island, it reported that 130 hunters between September 15 and October 1 flushed 0.76 grouse per hour and killed 41 birds; between October 1 and October 30, 50 hunters flushed 2.44 per hour and killed 39 birds. On High Island, 94 hunters flushed 0.89 grouse per hour and killed 38 birds. The report called the season successful for the Research Section, the Department of Conservation, and Beaver Island, and said it should continue for several years.
Evidence and limits
This is a source-bounded newspaper report of a managed research season and its reported measurements. It does not identify the legal authorization, define the full sampling or reporting method, provide a population estimate, or prove that the proposed continuation occurred or produced a lasting wildlife result.
Open questions
- Which state order or permit record authorized the special season?
- Were comparable Garden and High Island measurements collected in later years?
- What were the sex, age, disease, and food-habit findings from the checked birds?
Sources
- Remote OCR used for search and transcription support; it is not an independent witness and is read against the held issue PDF. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1966-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held ten-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.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1966-11_Beaver-Beacon
Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Special ruffed-grouse season on Garden and High Islands, 1966”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-special-grouse-season-garden-high-island-1966/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1966, “Special Grouse Season on High and Garden Island,” OCR derivative, p. 2. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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