Name: Fox Lake is poisoned and a trout-planting plan is approved, 1961
Start: 1961-05-01
End: 1961-05-05
Location: Fox Lake

Fox Lake is poisoned and a trout-planting plan is approved, 1961

Also May 1961 Fox Lake treatment and trout plan

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Locator map: Fox Lake highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago

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TypeEvent

Dates1961-05-01 – 1961-05-05

WithinFox Lake

ErasModern era

Event

Dates: 1961-05-01 – 1961-05-05
Kind: Conservation
Where: Fox Lake
Participants: Max Hunt (supervisor)
Carried out by: Michigan Conservation Department
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: fishingconservationenvironmentgovernance
Within: Fox Lake

Summary

On May 1, 1961, Conservation Department biologist Fukano and Fish Division representative Jerry Meyers were reported to have poisoned Fox Lake. After testing, the plan called for legal-size rainbow or brown trout, and the Civic Association voted unanimously for the trout plan on May 5.

Evidence and limits

The article records treatment and a prospective management decision. It does not establish the toxicant’s identity, a formal stocking order, or survival.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, May 1961, “Fox Lake.”
Reports Conservation Department biologist Fukano and Fish Division representative Jerry Meyers poisoning Fox Lake on May 1, explaining conditional rainbow or brown trout planting after toxicity testing, and the Civic Association voting unanimously for the trout plan on May 5. The report does not give full names, formal treatment records, or later survival.
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Beaver Beacon, May 1961, held issue PDF, source scan.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Fox Lake is poisoned and a trout-planting plan is approved, 1961”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/fox-lake-poisoning-and-trout-planting-plan-1961/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1961, “Fox Lake.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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