If you’re feeling a case of Deja Vu, you’re not the only one. Honestly, how long will people act like this is suddenly news? OPB did an entire program on the subject 5 years ago, and now they just now ‘discovered’ it?
Beavers provide free labor to build salmon habitat
Oregon Public Broadcasting
They may be our state animal, but many people think beavers are a nuisance. They can cause flooding to parks, backyards, and farmland, and it was long believed that salmon couldn’t pass through beaver dams. But now some scientists have found that beaver dams actually create a good habitat for young salmon.
Not that we’re not thrilled to people finally reading the writing on their own walls. But it would be nice if the jury decision showed any sign of sticking. It seems to wash away over night. This story originally appeared in 2010.
Beaver Assisted Restoration . TV | OPB.
Stay tuned! Because in five years this is going to be a very exciting headline again!
But the best news this morning is from Devon, England. Where the beavers have all passed their test with flying colors and are ready to be released. Really.
Devon wild beavers cleared to stay on River Otter
Devon’s wild beavers will be allowed to stay on the River Otter after being found clear of a disease.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) confirmed the beavers were free of tapeworm.
Devon Wildlife Trust won a five-year licence to look after the beavers as long as they were free of the parasitic disease which is harmful to humans.
Whooo hooo! After being bagged, tagged, poked and prodded the beavers are free! (And just three days after you read it HERE FIRST it appears in the BBC!) I couldn’t be happier for these new citizens. Congratulations to all the farmers, teachers and shop keepers who talked to their neighbors and shared the news to pressure DEFRA into allowing this. Congratulations to the Devon Wildlife Trust for making it happen, and congratulations to the beavers themselves, who obviously let themselves be seen in the first place.
Just like we saw here in Martinez, sometimes beavers can be protected by the opposite of camouflage.
