Post AZT23VExN0r11lcK1I by SusWAndersson@mastodon.nu
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(DIR) Post #AZOptWKS3R90WFGVdY by clive@saturation.social
2023-09-03T19:19:57Z
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On the possible upsides of introducing beavers to urban environments: https://slate.com/technology/2023/08/urban-beaver-new-york-city.html
(DIR) Post #AZOqUMcV7Ah97dHArw by CStamp@mastodon.social
2023-09-03T19:26:35Z
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@clive Beavers in urban areas will be a challenge. City workers will need training on how do deal with them. There is a park nearby that has beaver. They turned a trickle of water into a waterway, which protected the park during droughts. But they are industrious critters who, when their damns are in fine order, will then block ditches and culverts important to drain water during times of rain and snow melt. There was a long battle between beaver and city workers.
(DIR) Post #AZOrsCr3AoZXjv0wQS by clive@saturation.social
2023-09-03T19:42:11Z
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@CStamp Yeah, I know -- they are unpredictable creatures
(DIR) Post #AZOsRT3MwHJE79ae7U by CStamp@mastodon.social
2023-09-03T19:48:25Z
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@clive Not unpredictable at all. They build dams. If there are culverts and ditches, they will dam those, too.It's making city folk understand them that will be the biggest hurdle.Here, after some back and forth, they actually lugged in a backhoe to tear apart the part of the actual dam they could access. They had to make a temporary road to do so. It did keep the beaver busy for a while. Undeterred, they rebuilt, then went back to damming up the overflow pond, downstream of the dam.
(DIR) Post #AZOvEq4mKUIvcFv39U by clive@saturation.social
2023-09-03T20:19:51Z
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@CStamp True, not unpredictable in their behavior -- dam building!Tricky for urban planners to predict all the side effects of that behavior, is more the pointI know folks who manage parks here in NYC, and the knock-on effects of any change to the ecosystems can be very hard to pre-game
(DIR) Post #AZOyDxrsAq0XM49oa8 by stopsatgreen@assemblag.es
2023-09-03T20:53:14Z
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@clive We started reintroducing beavers in the UK a few years ago, and so far it seems to have been a huge success. That includes London, BTW, although not central London, but the semi-rural outer areas.https://www.timeout.com/uk/news/the-uk-is-in-the-midst-of-a-full-blown-beaver-boom-081023
(DIR) Post #AZOzW792WNETIFPBi4 by clive@saturation.social
2023-09-03T21:07:47Z
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@stopsatgreen Right on!
(DIR) Post #AZT23VExN0r11lcK1I by SusWAndersson@mastodon.nu
2023-09-05T19:55:00Z
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@clive @DKMJ Interesting idea! As the article says: there are ways to handle beaver conflicts - or rather: to prevent the conflicts ever to arise. And #beavers are so skilled at creating super #wetlands, giving space to lots of other species!