- Dates
- 1997-12 – 1998-05
- Kind
- Conservation
- Where
- place/spring-pond
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationwetlandsgovernancecommunication
- Within
- place/spring-pond
Summary
The May 1998 Beaver Beacon reprinted a DEQ letter alleging unauthorized wood debris dams and downstream flooding at Spring Pond, alongside the landowner’s satirical response that the dams were built by beavers. The article says the DEQ case was closed.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper reprint and humorous correspondence, not the DEQ case file, a hydrologic assessment, or a determination of human responsibility for the dams.
Sources
- Reprints a Michigan Department of Environmental Quality letter about unauthorized wood debris dams and flooding at downstream locations, a landowner’s humorous response attributing the work to beavers and challenging selective enforcement, and the report that the DEQ case was closed. 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 · 1998-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the Spring Pond correspondence and closure notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1998-05_Beaver-Beacon
Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “A Spring Pond beaver-dam enforcement case is closed after a 1998 environmental dispute”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-spring-pond-beaver-dam-deq-case-1998/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1998, “The Spring Pond Beavers.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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