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It’s pretty hot in California, they should shave their beavers first.
I’m a little suspicious that you represent the opossum lobby.
i’m sorry but thats just cute
Original article if you’re like me and had to know if this was real. October 2015… what a simpler time for the ol’ U S of A.
So 10 years on, what’s the result? Did it work out the way they hoped?
Survival rate is 40-60%. They’re going to make some changes to the process so they’re not just feeding beavers to predators. Some also migrated to preferable areas, which will help the humans seek better areas for release.
The main takeaway for me is that apparently they didn’t actually get the first beaver release done until October 2023. Assuming it’s the same plan this post was talking about in 2015, that’s eight fucking years of bureaucratic red tape just to get to a couple of tiny pilot projects (28 beavers total).
I can’t say I’m surprised, just disappointed.
Tbf, they had been considered a pest species by farmers, and we also had a drought and a bunch of wildfires, so maybe not just bureaucratic red tape. They suspect at least one colony was messed up by humans. But another one left a good beginning of a dam and den, so the next batch will find a fixer-upper to live in instead of having to build from scratch while dodging coyotes and pumas or whatever.
I could’ve started a beaver farm and let a bunch of those little shits loose in that time and I don’t know jack shit about raising beavers. (Partial sarcasm)
This should be a real boon to tourism.
I need to visit California.
The UK has also been trialling this, and of course the farmers are moaning about it.
Conservationists call beavers “ecosystem engineers” because of how they redesign where they live. The dams they build slow the flow of rivers and streams and create habitats where other creatures can thrive. They’ve also been credited with reducing flooding further downstream.
the National Farmers Union … wants culling beavers to be an option if they prove disruptive.
NFU Deputy President David Exwood said that while beavers could provide certain benefits, “we are concerned about the negative impacts beavers can have on productive farmland, as well as the management requirements, costs and risks involved”.
I see no mention of the destructive effect of Beavers on your budget.
I’ve seen actual beavers in the colorado river which I still find funny because I’ve never seen them at home in canada where they are kind of a mascot animal.
Go on a satellite map and look for wetlands, bring binoculars and go to those wetlands, search for chewed stumps of small trees near water sources, you will likely find beavers.
Keep an eye out for the slippery ones.
I’m in western Canada and although I’ve never seen a beaver in the wild I have seen a ton of beaver dams. They always amaze me with how impressive they are.
Whats the context here? Did Trump say something stupid about Beavers, Droughts or both?
The context is that beaver is a euphemism for the vagina. Combine that with the headline in the post and it’s a joke.
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Beavers make everything better.
