Thanksgiving is really all about the giving isn’t it? Worth A Dam made the decision wednesday to become sponsors of the east coast first ever beaver conference BeaverCon 2020.and i was feeling a little wistful about the missing funds and this morning I got an email from chalk artist Amy Hall that her giving thanks for beavers day of Yoga at her studio went extremely well. Everyone loved the idea and the thank you gifts and a total of 495.00 was donated to us by those very flexible beaver believers! Isn’t that amazing? What outstanding Yoga Studio that must be!
As if she hadn’t given us enough already! Thankyou AMY and everyone!
Not thankful enough? How about this. For years and years Jon’s parents and best friend in all the world lived in Norfolk England, which is on the east side of the county. His parents lived in Swaffham and his sister was head mistress of a convent and very successful school there, It is where we would head on our visits to the country and either begin or end our trip staying with them. Without fail Jon’s very English parents would take us on an ‘outing’ and pub lunch. A favorite destination was Castle Rising in King’s Lynn.
One of my favorite parts of castle visits is that when you saw ‘ruins’ with crumbled stones you would see those same broken flint stones in all the surrounding gardens of the homes clustered there. I always loved the idea that for decades that wealthy Lord of the estate stole goods or labor from the residents to fund his castle, and now their descendents were ‘stealing’ back his castle for their walkways and gardens, As the world turns.
Well guess what is moving in 11 miles from King’s Lynn?
Beavers set to return to Norfolk
Wild Ken Hill, near Heacham, has been given a licence to introduce six of the animals to an enclosed 60-acre area between the A149 and Snettisham Beach.
Announcing the move, it posted on its website: “We are absolutely delighted to announce that we have been granted a license to release six beavers into an enclosure at Wild Ken Hill. This will be the first time that beavers have existed in Norfolk for hundreds of years, and it’s a massive step towards growing the biodiversity at Wild Ken Hill.
“We discussed previously the importance of beavers as a keystone species, and how they create habitats for other species. But this announcement is also timely because of another role that beavers play as water management engineers.”
Jon’s parents are are no long living but my goodness is that a reason to visit anyway! Beavers in Norwich! After only a 500 year absence. The world truly is an amazing place. If you live long enough, you really do get to see it all.
Work is now under way on the enclosure which will house the animals at Ken Hill. The estate hopes they will be released early next year. The farm is being “re-wilded” and gradually given back to nature.
The blog says: “It no longer makes sense to us to grow crops here. “We do not want to follow the harsh modern agricultural techniques required to make a profit any more. Nor do we fancy being so reliant on the farming subsidies we receive from the EU.
“Instead, we will let this land go wild. We will let the soils recover, the natural vegetation grow, biodiversity explode once more – we will let nature return.”
What a lovely restoration plan you have offered the countryside. Beavers are going to help. Trust me, they are. You just watch and see what those beavers will do. They will make ponds and dams and canals, The wildflowers will flourish. The birds and insects and otters will return, Everything will come to life again. Jon’s parents would be so proud. No, not proud.
They would be “chuffed”.
