Dam – Worth A Dam

At long last Mike Callahan’s instructional DVD is available to make the techniques and tools of beaver management accessible to every property owner and township. Having reviewed my own copy last Wednesday I can testify that the instruction is offered in pragmatic, easy-to-understand language, and will contribute substantially to the welfare of beavers and landowners for decades to come. A second clip of testimonials is viewable on his updated website, and purchasing information can be found by clicking here. Attentive beaver watchers will soon recognize our very own Martinez beavers featured in section two, which couldn’t please this particular supporter more!

There are lots of parts of beaver advocacy that are frustrating, disappointing and tiring. This isn’t one of them. I am eager to see this DVD in every public library across the country. I am impatient to see every city manager forced to watch it at breakfast twice a year, and hopeful that it will become regular fare at Fish & Game or the Department of Transportation soon. Do your part to help spread the word that any city smarter than a beaver can manage a beaver and let’s make doing the right thing harder and harder to avoid.

Thanks Mike! And congratulations!

Heidi Perryman

I went down this morning for a beaver visit and was interested to see the entire family returning from the downside of the dam. They are obviously using the new area to feed and forage, especially since the upstream areas are less accessible with the shallow water. The secondary dam is looking no larger, and Moses says they have been working on the main dam only. The reedy bank near the secondary was wet and trampled with beaver activity. Looks like tonight’s dinner was tulle roots.

The flock of scaups were back, this time coming over the dam and past the lodge and into the “annex” area above the bridge. Also a great egret and a lovely songbird whose tune was impressive but whose identity remains a mystery. All the family swam up from the second dam and crossed over the main dam. The moral of the story is that if you go looking for beavers now in the mornings, you might do better to stand on the footbridge.