TV9&10 Covers Aurora Chasers Visit
The Island’s Sustainability Fair and Dark Sky Sanctuary earned some recognition in a piece from Rachel Rademacher on TV 9&10 yesterday. Rachel was on the Island for the Fair and met up with leaders of Michigan Auroa Chasers who were here for the fair. Members of the group, founded by Melissa Kaelin in 2021 and now 130,000 strong, also traveled to the island to experience its pristine night skies and advocate for dark sky preservation. Many members were visiting Beaver Island—and meeting each other—for the first time. The group hopes to raise awareness about the rarity and importance of truly dark skies, while enjoying the thrill of witnessing auroras and the Milky Way in a uniquely unspoiled setting. That mission is aligned with that of the Island’s Dark Sky Project, fostered by the BIA, which successfully sought recognition of a portion of the Island as a Dark Sky Sanctuary by Dark Sky International.
Noted in TV9&10’s coverage was the fact that the Island’s Dark Sky Sanctuary is one of only 22 on the planet.
Click on the image below to see the TV9&10 report.
Another version of this report first appeared on WVBI.
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Survey Team returns
The Charlevoix-Antrim-Kalkaska-Emmet CISMA invasive species team will be back to the island in late February or early March to do their spring survey and check on HWA. If you request it, they will survey your property while they are here. Below is a press release from...
NotMISpecies Webinar Series
The Michigan Department of Environment Great Lakes and Energy has a series of webinars planned on invasive species. It's a lineup that will be of interest to BIA members. The full text of EGLE's announcement about the webinars follows. Invasive species pose a threat...
Health Department of NW Michigan asks for info from islanders to help with vaccination planning
The Health Department of Northwest Michigan is asking islanders who have not yet been vaccinated to complete an online questionnaire to help them with planning for future vaccination clinics on the island. If you have registered for a shot, but not yet received...
Thank You !
A heartfelt Thank You to all of our generous supporters. The response to our year end request for help demonstrated your commitment to the betterment of our Beaver Island community. Your generosity raised over $2300.00 to help continue our important work.Your...
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Lake Level Rise Workshops
We thought the following news from the Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant program would be of interest to our members. Lake levels workshops highlight the need for information sharing In light of last year’s high water levels in Lake Michigan and other Great Lakes, repeatedly...
Our Town Big Read Events
Two special NEA Big Read Our Town Our Island Events are coming up on WVBI, Beaver Island's Community radio station. The kick-off event for the project was to have been a Beaver Island Community Players production of Thornton Wilder's play Our Town. When COVID-19 nixed...
Beaver Island COVID-19 Vaccine Update
The second round of COVID-19 vaccines is set to come to the island on the 19th. There is a fully booked schedule of 150 appointments for that date, including 25 for teachers at BICS. Health Center Director Tammy Radionoff says there is another clinic planned for the...
Tips on helping wildlife through the winter
As we plow through winter (or walk through it as it were with our limited snow fall so far), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has word on things some people do to help wildlife--that aren't all that helpful. Here they are (from their post): Avoid: String, twine,...
BICS Board holds first 2021 meeting
The Beaver Island Community School Board of Education met last night for their regular January business meeting. Top on the agenda was swearing in newly elected board member Brian Cole. In January, the board also elects their officers. This year's officers elected...
Health Center announces process to sign up for COVID-19 vaccinations
The Health Center has posted the procedure to sign up for a COVID-19 vaccine shot if you are in the next priority group to receive it. On the island, the most prevalent members of that group will be teachers and people over 65. UPDATE: It appears that this signup...
