Despite all the good news about beavers they still aren’t winning any popularity contests any time soon. Today is a mixed bag of beaver news. A county in Iowa is launch a bounty to get rid of beavers. A beaver believer in Utah has a beaver he wants removed in the winter and may need to trap it offered with a photo of you know what. And all of this comes with a new look at the 15 year old beaver story in Martinez from a lost interview with sub-committee member Julian Frazer suddenly turning up in my feed. I guess you should never say you’ve seen it all.

I would embed the charming bounty video for you to watch but I can’t figure it out. I’m sure you get the idea and if you want to see more click on the headline,

Beaver bounty offers to pay trappers for pelts to help reduce damage in Pottawattamie County

“Beavers can place a lot of stress on many areas of our infrastructure, with dams preventing water to flow to designated areas,” Board of Supervisors Chairman Brian Shea said in a statement. “Pottawattamie County is responsible for maintaining many roadways and drainage ditches in our area, and some of these dams can end up causing a lot of damage, costing our county a considerable amount of money to repair. We hope this program helps in minimizing the possibility of that happening.”

I hardly know what to say. I guess Iowa doesn’t need clean water for farms or fields and I guess Iowa doesn’t need fish or birds or otters or ducks. I wonder how they’ll feel when all the dead beavers increases the forage for the next crop and they end up with a population rebound?

Let’s move onto Utah where this short report from a self described beaver believer is featured with a fine photo of a nutria. Because why the hell not?

Wild About Utah: I’m a Beaver Believer

I won’t post the photo of the nutria because it will just show up as another photo of a beaver one day. You can trust me or follow the link your self. I’m glad they said they wouldn’t relocate the beaver in winter, but I’m dreading what’s going to happen next.

I’m now waiting to hear from my neighbor for the rest of the story. May it be favorable for this remarkable aquatic mammal, so essential for creating healthy watersheds, which equals abundant, high quality water!

Nice interview with Julian, the part about the beavers starts around the 6 minute mark. i can’t believe I never saw this before, but it starts with a mention of this website!