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Hikers Concerned About Beaver Trapping on Larkin State Park Trail

Four beavers were captured off of the Larkin State Park Trail after the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection recently issued a trapping permit to address flooding concerns in the Oxford area.

“We purposely walk that way just to see them,” said Carrie Bartomeli, who walks the trail weekly with her husband and two dogs and enjoys the beavers.

She said she was devastated when she heard the DEEP issued out a permit to trap the beavers that have made the area their home.

Why is it that it takes nice shocked people on the ground to get experts to do the right thing? I don’t know but eyeballs are sure important when it comes to stopping beaver trapping.

In a statement Monday, the DEEP said in part, “ongoing flooding by beaver activity along the Larkin Bridle State Park Trail made a particular section of the trail impassable to hikers, bikers, equestrians and park and emergency vehicles, which created a potentially dangerous situation to the public.”

A DEEP spokesperson could not confirm what happened to the beavers.

You don’t know what happened? Oh I do. They went to live on the FARM right? Isn’t that what our parents always told us when the family dog suddenly didn’t greet us after school?

Look you have people who care about the issue. You are a half hour drive from someone who knows how to solve this problem. You are surrounded by people who can help.

Just do the right thing.