Hey I’ve got an idea! How about we stop spending money to relocate beavers and building our own BDAs to help salmon and just let beavers do it all themselves? You know, HELP SALMON. And maybe use those funds to pay the landowners that are whining about beaver on their property, You know. actually solve problems instead of playing musical chairs with them.

How about that?

Chelan, Douglas counties receive $2 million for salmon restoration

WENATCHEE — Eleven salmon recovery projects across Chelan and Douglas counties have received a combined $2 million in grants from the Washington State Salmon Recovery Funding Board.

The money is a part of $21 million in grant funding the board gave to 105 projects in 29 Washington counties. Okanogan County received the fourth-most funding.

The funded project will repair river habitats, remove barriers blocking salmon and conserve habitat.

In Chelan County, these six projects will receive a total of $813,000:

The purposes of these projects range from creating spawning habitat for steelhead salmon in Peshastin Creek to helping up to 20 landowners relocate 20 to 30 beavers and install up to 100 beaver dam analogs in waterways.err

How about we try my idea first, eh? I’m sure these landowners also drink water and would like their homes not to burn down, right?