Well would you look at that! The beaver restoration team is holding a public meeting in 12 days! And you are ALL invited!
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) invites the public to attend its Beaver Restoration Informational Meeting via webinar on Thursday, May 25, from 2 to 3 p.m. This meeting marks the first in a series of informational meetings and workshops intended to inform stakeholders and the public about CDFW’s beaver management efforts and activities.
Meeting details, agenda and instructions for attendance will be published in advance of the event on CDFW’s beaver web page. Please check the beaver web page about a week prior to the event.
What do you know! Only 15 years and 6 months after Martinez held it’s first beaver meeting the California Deparment of beavers might be native and might not be just a nuisance is leaping to the fray. I can’t help sounding sarcastic but I’m REALLY REALLY pleased!
The meeting will provide a broad overview of CDFW’s Beaver Restoration Program, including its purpose, objectives, tasks and timelines. Additionally, the meeting will address the implementation of pilot and future beaver translocation projects, development of a beaver co-existence toolkit and policy updates. The meeting will conclude with a public question and answer session. Future public workshops will be scheduled to discuss human-beaver coexistence strategies and the process for developing and requesting beaver translocation projects.
Wow that’s a pretty big agenda for one hour. But you can bet I’ll be there taking notes. I don’t know what we’re in for in this brave new beaver world, but it can’t be worse than where we’ve been the last 150 years. so I’m looking forward to it.
To sign up for the meeting you have to check the beaver page on CDFW in the next week or so. I will make sure to share the sign up as soon as I see it.
