DNR forestry manager reports tent caterpillars are not an island-wide problem, 1989

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Event

Date: 1989-06
Kind: Observation
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: environmentwildlifeconservationcommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The July Beacon reports that DNR forestry manager Jerry Lawrence saw too few tent-caterpillar tents during a late-June Beaver Island survey to regard them as a major problem, recommending continued observation.

Sources

“TENT CATERPILLIARS NOT AN ISLAND PROBLEM,” Beaver Beacon, July 28, 1989.
Reports DNR Area Forestry Manager Jerry Lawrence's late-June survey and his recommendation to watch the population rather than treat it as a current island-wide problem. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, July 1989, held issue PDF, source scan.
Paired held twenty-two-page July issue PDF.
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Beaver Island Archive, “DNR forestry manager reports tent caterpillars are not an island-wide problem, 1989”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-tent-caterpillar-survey-1989/, accessed [date], citing “TENT CATERPILLIARS NOT AN ISLAND PROBLEM,” Beaver Beacon, July 28, 1989. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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