Because the beaver isn't just an animal; it's an ecosystem!

Day: February 15, 2021


Chris Jones is one of the major players of the Beaver Trust in Cornwall and has been instrumental in the work to get beavers on the landscape in Cornwall. He is also my FB buddy and a generally pleasant guy. He recently completed this interview with Derrick Jensen of Resistance Radio. One of the fun parts of this interview is the very English sounding truck horn occasionally in the background. He then recommended that I do an interview with him so we’re scheduled to record on March 10th. Let’s hope we can stir up some interest in Beavers and the California Summit.

Resistance Radio – Guest: Chris Jones

Chris Jones leads the river and beaver restoration programme for Beaver Trust, helping communities to develop projects that will recover biodiversity and build climate resilience. He is a farmer and ecologist based in Mid Cornwall. He has worked as a policeman in Africa, as a forester in SW England, as a drilling fluids engineer in the North Sea, Middle East and Africa, and as a theme running throughout as a farmer in Cornwall. He has been interested in the idea of reintroducing beavers to the UK for many years, and has been practically involved setting up and running the Cornwall Beaver Project with Cornwall Wildlife Trust and Exeter University since 2014.

Eek! I just heard my name dropped by a Cornish farmer I have never met in an interview I knew nothing about. Well then.

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