"Hi Joe;
First let me say I really enjoy your website.
I live on my family farm (in the family since circa 1860) near Hebron. I was at the Blackwater transfer station last Saturday and a neighbor was there at the same time and told me that beavers were living in the borrow pits around the transfer station. I investigated and sure enough there is lots of evidence that they are there and thriving.
Looks to me that "cluster development" is not hurting anything! Now we have beavers, ground hogs, turkeys, etc!!
I took some pics with my camera phone and would be glad to share them with you or would also love to give you a tour of the area.
My neighbor called DNR who said they would trap and move them. What a shame---they are not damaging anything--not damming streams etc..
Bob"
How much wood could a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood.
ReplyDeleteSave the beavers!
ReplyDeleteKeep the beavers where they are. They are great for water quality.
ReplyDeleteStriving is not an appropriate verb.
ReplyDeleteSometimes DNR is just Peta with a badge.
ReplyDeleteCOUNTRY STYLE BEAVER RECIPE
ReplyDelete2-3 lbs beaver steaks 1/2 inch thick
Bacon grease
2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
2 medium onions
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can or 1/2 lb mushrooms
Combine flour, salt and pepper in a closable bag or 2 quart closable plastic container and shake until mixed. Add beaver and shake until well coated. Save remaining flour. Dice onions. Melt enough bacon grease in the bottom of a fry pan to sauté onions and beaver. Sauté onions and floured beaver in bacon grease, adding more grease as needed. Place beaver aside.
Combine soup and mushrooms in frying pan. Dissolve 2 to 3 heaping tbsp of seasoned flour in 2 cups cold water. Add to soup mix and simmer 5 minutes. Add beaver and onions to mix and simmer covered for 30 minute
My folks live on an adjacent farm to where these photos were taken. They live on a creek that usually has 2-3 feet of water in it. Recently, the creek has been down by a foot or two. We all shrugged it off to drought or maybe a few fallen trees. No we know that a Beaver may be the culprit. While I think it may be cool to see one in the wild, the marsh that is fed by this creek is about to dry up due to lack of water. I wonder which habitat DNR will want to save?
ReplyDeleteHave you check for a beaver dam that may be blocking the water or is it due to the drought over the past few years?
ReplyDeleteWe have a beaver on our farm also. NO problems with it.
Beaver are great for water quality. We should be reintroducing them.
ReplyDeleteThe water will flow at the same rate whether a dam is there or not. It just raises the water table above the dam, and waters the crops. Personally, I like eating beaver, and would like to see more of it!
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