No snow in the valley, What a near miss. Reports that my parents home in the mountains got 14 inches in a single night and PGE is turning off power because of all the downed lines. The funny thing is we found out this year that Rob Rust (of beaver cycle fame) AND our own Leslie Mills own cabins up that way. Which I only learned about when they were watching the Caldor fire like me in terror. It’s lovely to think of all those scarred miles getting a drenching in this, although I imagine the Consumnes will look pretty rotten when it all melts, but getting rid of all that ash is an easier job with more water rather than less. Sherry Guzzi posted this photo of her Tahoe deck which she already shoveled earlier in the day!

Today there is news from Detroit which almost makes me happy for their beaver but mostly seems like they are making big excuses for not doing the work themselves. Maybe it’s both. I’m not positive which. Help me decide?

‘Let the beavers do the heavy lifting’: Roscommon County dams to be removed

In the battle between nature and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, it looks like nature won: the DNR will remove two Roscommon County dams and “let the beavers do the heavy lifting.”  

The DNR-owned Little Mud Dam on Backus Creek and Denton Creek Dam on Denton Creek are slated for removal this winter and next spring, officials said this month. (more…)