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State timber sale covers 190 Beaver Island acres near Greene’s Lake, 2008

Also Beaver Island state forest timber sale Wood Nymph 2008

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TypeEvent
Date2008-11
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Date
2008-11
Kind
Conservation
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
forestryconservationenvironmentcommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The November 2008 Beaver Beacon reported a state timber sale covering 190 acres on three Beaver Island parcels. One parcel had already been cut, with additional clear-cut areas selected near Tower Road and Greene’s Lake.

Evidence limits

The article gives approximate parcel references and a newspaper map, not a survey-grade boundary, complete harvest record, or final ecological assessment.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, November 2008, "To the Wood Nymph."
    Reports that the State received $33,000 for timber on 190 acres, that the northern parcel had been cut and shipped, and that additional clear-cuts were planned near Tower Road and northeast of Greene's Lake while Islanders worked to identify areas of biological or cultural significance. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-11_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the timber-sale report and map.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-11_Beaver-Beacon

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “State timber sale covers 190 Beaver Island acres near Greene’s Lake, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-state-forest-timber-sale-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 2008, "To the Wood Nymph." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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