I can count on one hand the articles I’ve read celebrating the return of beavers in their neighborhood. That might be exaggeration. Maybe I can count them on one finger. So this was a delight to see from Illinois this morning.
Beavers are back in Bear Creek
HANNIBAL — Beavers are reportedly back in a section of Bear Creek that is located on the eastern edge of Hannibal. Thus far the creatures have not caught the attention of city hall.
“I will have to do some checking to see what is going on. No one had alerted me to this issue,” said Andy Dorian, the city’s director of central services.
Based on recent history a report of beavers being spotted in the local waterway did not come as a huge surprise to Dorian.
“We dealt with some beaver issues last year in the creek adjacent to our warehouse that General Mills leased from us, but we did not do any trapping in that case,” he said.
See now that seems like it’s getting ready for a fight. That man is putting his dukes up. You can forgive my surprise at the next paragraph when you think of what every other city means when they say they “dealt with beaver issues in the past”.
It’s usually not good.
While one might expect the return of the tree-gnawing animals to be a concern of the Hannibal Tree Board, that is not the case.
“The beavers are back and I am so happy,” said Kristy Trevathan, president of the tree board during its January meeting.
I’m writing Kristy this very moment. A woman who’s happy to see beavers is a friend of mine. I’ll make sure she has all the info she needs just in case. Near as I can tell Kristy is a real estate agent in Hannibal MO that has been doing great tree work for a long time. She seems just the right type of woman for beavers to befriend.
Hey you know what other city was also awarded the tree-city USA standard? Martinez…just saying.
