- Date
- 2006-03
- Kind
- Conservation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- wildlifefishingconservationcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The April 2006 Beaver Beacon published a Beaver Island Wildlife Club statement supporting management of double-crested cormorants. The statement described observed changes in local fish stocks, cited prior Beaver Archipelago and Great Lakes studies, and called for a rational and humane strategy rather than continued study alone. It also noted a March 28 Michigan Senate resolution calling for aggressive cormorant-control measures.
Evidence limits
This records a local advocacy position and the newspaper’s cited research; it does not establish cormorant causation, population totals, fishery collapse, or an adopted control program.
Sources
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Sources
- Beaver Beacon, April 2006, "The Wildlife Club Takes Aim."Publishes Lois Williams's Wildlife Club statement linking observed cormorant growth to local fishery concerns, citing prior studies and calling for a rational, humane management strategy and agency action. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2006-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the Wildlife Club position and cited studies.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2006-04_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Wildlife Club calls for double-crested cormorant management, 2006”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-wildlife-club-cormorant-management-2006/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 2006, "The Wildlife Club Takes Aim." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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