I have very few talents at the moment and am still working up to be able to limp successfully on my formerly broken foot, but this made me very very happy.

I was thinking of this song I must have learned in choir and thought how wonderful it would be to have a beaver song that worked as a round because all those good things happen at once in a beaver pond.

Godeamus: Beavers

By Heidi Perryman

Beavers working; beavers building dams
Water saved for you and me
Helping streams and  making habitat
Let them be

Frogs and salmon
Birds and Otters come to see

We help flooding
We slow fires
We clean waters
And we do it for free.

Now practice this because I’d like us all to sing it in round at the CDFW beaver restoration meeting today at 2:00. No? Well here’s the link: I was thinking we present it during public comment?

Beaver Restoration Informational Meeting

May 25, 2023, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Join the Zoom Webinar(opens in new tab); Passcode: 930661

Join via phone: (216) 706-7075 (USA Toll) OR (866) 390-1828 (Toll-free); Conference code: 663759

The informational meeting will provide a broad overview of CDFW’s Beaver Restoration Program, including its purpose, objectives, tasks, and timelines. Additionally, the meeting will address the implementation of pilot and future beaver translocation projects, development of a beaver co-existence toolkit, and policy updates. The meeting will conclude with a public question and answer session. Future public workshops will be scheduled to discuss human-beaver coexistence strategies and the process for developing and requesting beaver translocation projects.

• Meeting Agenda (PDF)(opens in new tab)