City of Tyler makes plans for Lindsey Park beavers
The fate of a family of beavers is more certain, but it looks like they’ll have to find a new home. The City of Tyler has come up with a plan to take care of the beavers and the problem.
The beavers are causing problems at Lindsey Park where beaver dams are causing water to back up onto trails making it difficult or impossible for hikers and bicyclists to use. The City of Tyler is consulting with a local biologist. There are two beaver families living at the park. The original mother and father are in one lake and the son and his wife in another.
The plan is to drain the lake where the second family lives using a pipe system. The original family will stay, while their children will be forced to find a new home. The biologist said this is safe for both beaver families because they tend to like their offspring to move far away, anyway.
The city will pay for the project with general maintenance fees and it should cost about $1,500.
Wow! Flow device in Texas? I try not to be a beaver snob. I try not to glance at a beaver story where someone wants to save beavers in Georgia or Arkansas and say, too bad, that will never happen. But I honestly thought that the state of Texas was more likely to enact a vegan holiday than they were to save beavers. Good work Lindsey Park!
Mind you, I’m not sure how they decided that a second family of offspring live in the second lodge, because we’ve had two lodges with one family. But never mind. If they install a flow device they can satisfy the mean-spirited by thinking they chased out one family, solve the problem and STILL save the beavers.
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