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Institute of Fisheries Research samples Beaver Island lakes, 1960

Also 1960 Beaver Island lake improvement sampling

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TypeEvent
Date1960-07
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1960-07
Kind
Education
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
fishingenvironmentconservation
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Institute of Fisheries Research staff collected fish and food samples from Lakes Geneserath, Fox, Barncoys, and Font in July 1960 for a Department of Conservation lake-improvement program.

Evidence and limits

The newspaper names only “Mr. Rodeheffer” and “Mr. Day” and gives no sampling protocol, measurements, formal agency title, or results. The place link to Lake Geneserath is explicit; the other lake names remain in the source note because no matching place records exist here yet.

Open questions

  • Which fisheries reports identify the researchers, lakes, methods, and program results?

See also

Sources

  1. Reports Mr. Rodeheffer and Mr. Day of the Institute of Fisheries Research collecting fish and food samples on Lakes Geneserath, Fox, Barncoys, and Font as part of a lake-improvement program carried out by the Fish Division of the Department of Conservation. It does not provide first names, methods, measurements, or results.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1960-07_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held three-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1960-07_Beaver-Beacon

Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Institute of Fisheries Research samples Beaver Island lakes, 1960”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/institute-of-fisheries-research-lake-sampling-1960/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1960, fisheries-research notice. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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