Name: Beaver Island Wildlife Club reports expanding turkeys and winter forage work in 1996
Start: 1996-11
End: 1996-11
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Date: 1996-11
Kind: Conservation
Where: Beaver Island
Carried out by: Beaver Island Wildlife Club
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: conservationrecreationcommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Wildlife Club reported that a 32-turkey release from two years earlier had progressed from survival to an expanding flock. For winter, the Club maintained five corn-feeding stations, spread 1½ tons of corn, and kept four additional feeding barrels available. It also reported mowing more than 20 acres and spreading four tons of fertilizer on forage lots.

Evidence limits

This is a club report in the newspaper, not a wildlife census, release permit, or independently measured habitat-management record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, November 1996, “Welcome Hunters.”
Reports that a 32-turkey release from two years earlier had become an expanding flock, that five winter corn-feeding stations used 1½ tons of corn and four additional barrels, and that the Club mowed more than 20 acres and spread four tons of fertilizer on forage lots. 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, November 1996, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the Wildlife Club conservation report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Wildlife Club reports expanding turkeys and winter forage work in 1996”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-wildlife-club-turkey-forage-program-1996/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1996, “Welcome Hunters.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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