Again with the good news?
With all these positive reports noone wlll believe that beavers have a rough time in the world, They will look at this website and shrug “What are you doing trying to save something that everyone loves and thinks is really useful?”
It’s like starting a nonprofit to save cars for.
Beavers Work Hard for River Ecosystems
“When we lose beaver, we also lose the wetlands they create, we lose the water storage,” Dalia Malone said. “Beaver dams store tremendous amounts of carbon. When beaver dams dry out because the beaver have left, that carbon goes up and is contributing to global warming.”
Delia is the ecologist for the Colorado Natural Heritage Program and something tells me we’re going to be great friends. Call it a hunch.
She’s wrong about one thing though.
Beavers don’t just make a huge difference in the back country uplands. When you let them move right into a dam city they set about making a huge difference too.
Just ask Martinez.
I have to share this photo and explain. On tuesday night there was a big meeting at the planning commission to discuss a controversial gun range in Stars Hollow oops, I mean Martinez. I wasn’t there. I didn’t organize a response or have anything to do with it. But yesterday I saw that protestors were carrying these signs at the meeting.
No, Really.
