Okay Washington, now you’re just showing off.
I mean everyone already knows that you are the shining western state on the hill when it comes to beavers, and that you have all the smartest people and the best understanding why they matter You have Michael Pollock, the Methow Project, The Lands Council, Ben Goldfarb. But this? Now you have this too? That’s just too much.
Cowlitz Tribe project will inventory beaver habitat
CENTRALIA — The Cowlitz Indian Tribe plans to inventory existing beaver habitat in Southwest Washington on private and public timberlands that are located on the aboriginal lands of the tribe. The project will include field surveys to gather data on beaver habitat sites, evaluate the habitat on the ground, determine the quality of the habitat and map the resulting classification of it.
Beavers are a keystone species in Southwest Washington. Their presence in nature affects watershed functions and all other wildlife species around them. Releasing beavers has great potential for ecological improvements. Construction of dams and ponds by beavers improves habitat for various aquatic and wetland-dependent species.
Cowlitz Indian Tribe Chairman Phillip Harju said beavers are important to the Cowlitz peoples.
“Our culture and members depend upon a healthy ecosystem,” Harju said. “Beaver are a key species that enable the ecosystem to function properly. This project will lay foundational work for strategic beaver relocation to suitable habitat within the aboriginal lands of the tribe.”
Waa! California sucks. I’m so jealous I could spit. Why does Washington get all the wisdom? And the rotten part is they just keep making more, with articles like this just going around persuading more people to think like them. It’s not fair. WA is the 2 percent crowd when it comes to beaver knowledge.
We are the peasants.
Beaver dams also help raise the surrounding water table, reducing water temperature and helping maintain flows during dry periods in the summer.
Fish species, namely salmon and trout, benefit when beavers create dams, and there are a number of other organisms, such as the threatened Oregon spotted frog, that rely on wetland and slow water for various stages of their life cycle.
Beavers have historically played a significant role in maintaining the health of watersheds in the Pacific Northwest, and act as key cogs in the functioning of riparian ecology. Live trapping and relocating of nuisance beavers has long been recognized as a beneficial wildlife management practice, and has been successfully utilized to restore and maintain stream ecosystems.
It’s just so dam unfair. California is the frickin home of John Muir and Yosemite. Why don’t we get nice attitudes about beavers! Why can’t all those protestors at Berkeley or SF city hall start demanding we let them do their jobs? Save OUR salmon. Put out our fires. Ohhh noo, We’re too busy demanding marriage equality and civil rights. We have no time left over for beavers.
Well the California Beaver Summit is going to change that. Or try anyway.
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