- Dates
- 2000-01 – 2000-07
- Kind
- Conservation
- Where
- Lake Geneserath Public Access
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationfishingwildlifesciencecommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Beaver Island Wildlife Club reported that Michigan’s DNR Fisheries Division would seek an emergency order protecting five identified smallmouth-bass spawning areas from fishing until July 1, 2000. The correspondence also described a plan to plant 250,000 walleye fry in Lake Geneserath and develop a drainable walleye pond with CMU and DNR assistance.
Evidence limits
This is published correspondence describing planned management actions; it does not establish that the order, fish planting, or pond construction occurred.
Sources
- Reports a planned emergency DNR order closing five identified smallmouth-bass spawning areas to fishing until July 1, 2000, a standing order planned for 2001, and a plan to plant 250,000 walleye fry in Lake Geneserath and develop a drainable walleye pond. 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 · 2000-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the Wildlife Club correspondence.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2000-03_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Wildlife Club secures proposed bass-spawning protection and walleye stocking in 2000”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-wildlife-club-bass-spawning-walleye-stocking-2000/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 2000, “Our Wildlife Club — Making Things Happen!” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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