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Beavers, salmon thrive together in Tahoe creek
As co-founder of the Sierra Wildlife Coalition working with officials at the U.S. Forest Service’s Taylor Creek Center in South Lake Tahoe, I believe that Steve Eakle’s letter published April 2 misstated the situation with the beavers here. He is referencing out-of-date information.
Before the coalition got involved in 2014, it is true that staff was pulling out beaver dams almost every day over fears of flooding. Our group installed three flow devices (aka pond levelers) that worked to eliminate flooding, so there has been no need to remove dams since 2014. (more…)
