Sorry about my silence yesterday. But one of the things I liked especially about Mike Digout’s tailslap video was that we have almost the exact same footage. Since I’ve become more of an expert I realize beaver tailslaps in the wild are MUCH MUCH FASTER and more intense. And I was always worried. Are our beavers delayed? Sick?

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Seeing Mike’s video made me understand that our beavers are relaxed. That’s a tailslap from a beaver whose not so much alarmed as irked or making a point to friends. Isn’t that wonderful?

Meanwhile there’s some nice news from Calgary.

Residents upset about beavers being trapped in southeast community wetland

CALGARY — Jen Corbett discovered a dead beaver in a trap behind her home in the southeast Calgary community of Riverstone a few days ago, something she says has been ongoing since her family moved there last fall.

“For the past three years they’ve been trapping and killing them,” said Corbett.

“As opposed to finding other solutions that aren’t lethal, that would include maybe grates on the culverts or water levellers or other implementations that would allow us to co-exist with them.”

Hurray for Jen! And hurray for neighbors who care about wetlands! Apparently our good friend Adrien Nelson of FBD just installed a flow device not too far away so maybe the word is catching on. Stay tuned because this story could get even better!

Oh and I finally found peace after my disruption yesterday.