Woke up to another email alert about beaver killing in Warwick, Rhode Island. The director of public works, David Picozzi, is beleaguered by having his crews pull down some pesky beaver dams, and complains that they shockingly just rebuild after the men leave. Biologist Charles Brown (charles.brown@dem.ri.gov) who works for the Department of Environmental Management, which does not list beavers on its wildlife page, thinks, “its a weird spot for them”, and says “they couldn’t have come through salt water or overland”.
Sigh. All of Martinez could write this letter. We know beavers swim through saltwater to get the home of their dreams, and we know how many times they’ll rebuild a dam. We even know the range of problem-solving skills demonstrated by a director of public works. When you write the paper, make sure you add that Mike Callahan of beaver solutions is a 90 minute drive away, and Skip Lisle, the inventor of the beaver deceiver, is a couple hours north.
Any city smarter than a beaver can keep a beaver: the sad thing is, so few cities are.
The Warwick City Webpage has disabled Public Works email, but here is the phone number (401) 738-2000 x6500.
Figure: Mike Callahan
