Well?
Well, how did it go? The big meeting between you and the county supervisor and the heads of flood control and the American Rivers manager and the California Urban Streams Partners. How did it go when you talked about other ways to handle beaver issues besides killing them?
Pretty dam good, that’s how.
Long Term SolutionsI got to present first. I was asked repeatedly about details. People were surprised about population information, surprised that dams blow out in high flows, and surprised that things worked as well as they did in Martinez. The other presenters said my power points was beautiful and the head of flood control personally thanked me at the end of the meeting for making her job so much clearer.
Honestly, it was that good. I don’t know if this means the next beavers will have a better time of it, but it should give them a fighting chance anyway. Fingers crossed.
At the end of the meeting the American Rivers rep recommended that all county decisions to depredate beaver should have to go through a review board and I just gaped at that. I’m a dreamer, but not a pipe dreamer. But it was fun not to be the most rabid beaver voice in the room.
Oh and for my reward, Rusty of Napa snapped two photos of the kit last night. Enjoy,
