Name: Game Division plans another turkey-trapping effort for Beaver Island, 1962
Start: 1962-01
End: 1962-01
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1962-01
Kind: Conservation
Participants: Vernon Fitzpatrick (conservation_officer)
Carried out by: Michigan Conservation Department
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: conservationenvironment
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The January 1962 Beaver Beacon reported a Game Division plan to resume turkey trapping in Allegan State Forest in hopes of supplying more turkeys to Beaver Island.

Evidence and limits

This is an announced plan, not evidence that trapping or a later island release was completed.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, January 1962, “Sporting News.”
Reports Vernon Fitzpatrick saying the Game Division planned to resume turkey trapping in Allegan State Forest, with the intended result that Beaver Island would receive more turkeys. It does not establish that trapping occurred, that birds were caught, or that any later release took place.
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Beaver Beacon, January 1962, held issue PDF, source scan.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Game Division plans another turkey-trapping effort for Beaver Island, 1962”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-turkey-trapping-plan-1962/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1962, “Sporting News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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