Ever have one of those mornings when you wake UP tired? I can only do easy posts today, first reminder that USDA is still stupid. (Just in case you thought they had forgotten their mission statement.) At least not in Louisiana…
Beaver dam removal at Monroe Regional Airport on tap
Beaver dams near the Monroe Regional Airport won’t be posing flood problems any longer. This morning, authorities are going to blow them up.
Several beaver dams will be removed with explosives between 9 and 10 a.m. Thursday.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will assist the airport with removal of the beaver dams, which have been blocking drainage canals on the south side of the airfield.
Stay tuned for the exciting fallout when USDA realized that the beavers do not live in the dam and will survive to rebuild. That should be fun. I’m not going to bother about a newspaper that uses phrasing like “ON TAP” to mean imminent. It’s too humiliating.
Now check out this awesome video sent to me by Pat Russell of the Clackamas Watershed in Oregon. I sure wish there was a camera on the other side, but this is great proof that salmon navigate beaver dams…
Here’s a nice comic I came across in my beaver travels. I can totally imagine Dad doing this…
Then take a glimpse at my new beaver business cards for Santa Barbara. Don’t worry, Worth A Dam isn’t paying for them, but aren’t they lovely? Write me if you have any ideas on how to make a bite-mark in one corner?
