MARTINEZ BEAVERS AND WYOMING UNTRAPPED

heidi08 Beavers March 17, 2022

When ever I review a new film by Wyoming Untrapped my first reaction is always protective distress to see them use photos of “Our” beavers. Did they get those off the website? I start to orotest until I remember that Suzi Eszterhas took that photo and she allows WT to use her images free of charge.

Plus it’s a good movie about why we need beavers. And there are never enough of those.

Untrapped Tuesday presents Eco-hero #1: the American Beaver

Did you know that American Beavers are often referred to as ecosystem engineers? Long before humans thought to build the Hoover Dam, American Beavers built and altered landscapes across Wyoming. Beavers are phenomenal engineers, enriching the health of Wyoming’s ecosystems by creating and maintaining wetland habitats. (more…)

ECOSYSTEM DISSERVICES

There is an old joke about a man discovering his wife bent over searching hard for something on the kitchen floor.

“What are you looking for?” He asks.
“My Contact lenses! They fell out while I was reading on the couch and I cannot seem to find them.”
“On the couch? In the living room? Then why are you looking for them in here?” Asks her husband, very confused.
“The light’s better in here.”

Which happens to be one of my favorite jokes because it explains so much of what we do. Why we went to war in Iraq even though we were attacked by Afghanistan. Why we are upset when movie stars do annoying things that our friends do every day. And why we keep suing Wildlife Services instead of slamming CDFW for issuing mass depredation permits to everyone and their brother, whether they work for Wildlife Services or not. (more…)

BEAVERS AND TROUT UNLIMITED

heidi08 Beavers, Beavers and trout March 12, 2022

I thought we deserved some good news for change. Here is a great report on releasing cutthroat to beaver habitat.

NORTH CENTRAL REGION BEAVER TRAPPING

heidi08 Beavers, Who's blaming beavers now? March 9, 2022

For the purposes of CDFW the state of California is divided up into six regions – 7 when you include the ocean. We’re the Bay Delta region and that includes just what you’d expect. Fresno is the central and Placer and Sacramento is the north central. Each region is in charge of granting permits for trapping in their respective boundaries and they all do things a little differently.

Here is a graph of the allowed depredation permits issued for beavers in 2021 by region. Let me know if you spot any patterns.

‘INVASIVE AND PERVASIVE FURRY CHAINSAWS”

heidi08 Beavers, Who's Killing Beavers Now? March 8, 2022

Don’t be alarmed. That big BOOM you heard was just the sound of your neighbor blowing up his beaver dam. Perfectly legal destruction. Just ask the sheriff who doesn’t sugar coat it. He tells it how it really is. I mean it’s like anyone in Newberry South Carolina needs clean water, wood ducks for hunting, trout for fishing or protection from fire, flooding or drought, right?

Right?

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