Good lord. The ridiculous Voyageurs study made the East Bay Times and even my 86 year old mother called me to say it sounded questionable. What can a girl do? Sometimes stupid have the best publicists and smart people never get listened to.
Take Oregon for instance. On friday their fish an wildlife department revisited the issue of beaver trapping on public land. And you can guess what happened.
On split vote, ODFW denies petition to consider halt to beaver trapping
After hearing testimony from about 30 people, the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission denied a petition on a 3-3 tie vote Friday that would have initiated rulemaking to consider ending beaver hunting and trapping on federal lands.
Commissioners had discussed this issue back in June, during adoption of trapping regulations, and out of those discussions came the creation of a new Beaver Management Working Group.
I’m sorry the petition didn’t work. But a vote of 3-3 ain’t bad for beavers. Oregon is one retirement or Covid case away form knowing better.
During Friday’s meeting, commissioners indicated their continued commitment to beaver conservation by directing ODFW staff to analyze and provide guidance on beaver management in the context of climate change, habitat, benefits to fish and other species, and water flow retention and temperature.
ODFW staff were directed to work in collaboration with commission liaison Vice-Chair Greg Wolley on the issue and use the newly formed Beaver Management Working Group as a key part of public engagement.
Yeah that. I want so many things in this life but I’ll settle for that. Can I please have that? I honestly don’t understand because the news reports the vote was 3-3 and the press release from Center from Biological Diversity says it was 5-1 so somebody is confused or wants us to be. I don’t understand why the 135 trappers who buy licenses every year matter so much that they get to device what happens on land that supposedly belongs to EVERYBODY, but sure, for a beaver working group. And keep us posted on how that changes things.
Yesterday I made my own fun and am fairly pleased with the results. Of course we need a REAL filmaker to take this on and a real artist to develop the logo, but for now, this will do.
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