This article made me very happy yesterday. I had once believed that the plight of salmon would change things for beavers immediately. I had no idea it would take this long/ But I’m glad we finally are getting there.
Newsom’s new plan puts the governor’s guarantee on actions that only a few years ago appeared radical, such as taking down multiple old dams, or building infrastructure that would allow salmon to skirt them and reach the streams where they lay eggs. The plan also emphasizes creative means of restoring salmon habitat. Many of the projects build on long-term efforts by tribes and conservation groups, and some, like a program in which Central Valley rice farmers allow their flooded fields to be used as rearing habitat for fish, offer hope that agriculture and restoration can be combined.
Well yes there’s a lot of ways we can help are struggling salmon, but here is my favorite way:
The plan emphasizes that dam removal and other salmon restoration efforts should be done collaboratively with tribes. These activities include an idea that came from the Karuk Tribe, as well as other Indigenous groups, to reintroduce beaver, which act as natural engineers of stream habitats that benefit fish.
Chuck Bonham, director of California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), acknowledged that this is a major shift for his agency. Until recently CDFW refused to treat beaver as a species native to California, despite ample historical and biological evidence.
IN OUR PAPER WHICH WE MAD HAPPEN BECAUSE HEIDI MET AN ARCHEOLOGIST THRU WORTH A DAM’S EXHIBIT AT THE FLYWAY FESTIVAL.
When I die just make sure someone says that at my funeral. Okay?
