Well, well, well. Are we getting tired of all the winning yet? So much beaver good news I really don’t know where to begin. But I heard from Ben Goldfarb’s publisher yesterday that his book is already attracting interest and attention. The release date has been bumped up to the 13th and here’s a little of the upcoming buzz about it.
And as if all that wasn’t news enough, here’s a great review from the Reece Halstead blog and new film of the beaver project in Cornwall England. (Where my father’s father was born, btw. Because, as we know, all roads lead to beavers.)
The Re-Introduction of Beavers on Woodland Valley Farm, Cornwall
Beavers were once a native species to the UK, though they became extinct 400 years ago due to hunting. In recent years however, there has been a big desire to bring back this much-loved species so we can call them a native UK species once again!
On February 9th 2018, Chris Jones, an innovative farmer from the Woodland Valley Farm Trust in Cornwall, came to Bangor University to inform us of the important (and highly successful) conservation work he was a part of which aims to bring the beaver back to the UK.
A 5 acre forested area with adjacent stream near Ladock, in Cornwall, was the main site for the re-introduction of the beavers. Chris described how 1 male and 1 female beaver were released on June 16th 2017 and in only a matter of days they has already begun constructing a dam, with noticeable changes to the dam occurring every week after this!
Chris Jones was a highly informative, entertaining and enticing presenter and his Q&A session at the end of the talk offered further study information and possible negative impacts of the project. I would highly recommend
