Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Re-Beavification


Chalk this up to one of those crazy ideas that just might make sense...

This idea was introduced to me several years ago by a somewhat eccentric Ojai resident. Seems that now it is catching on in many areas of the West...








More here: http://www.landscouncil.org/beaversolution/

Castor canadensis, believe it or not, is a time shifter. The humble, hardworking rodent, through its dams and ponds, can extend the release of water late into summer, saturating the ground and healing watersheds. It has the power to re-create the primordial, wetter West that existed for millennia -- a West we just missed seeing.
"Restoration of the beaver is restoration of a landscape we don't have a cultural connection to," O'Brien says, "because they largely were trapped out."

http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.10/voyage-of-the-dammed

http://www.seventh-generation.org/Climate_riparian_beaver.html

Reference:

Beaver in California:
https://oaec.org/projects/bring-back-the-beaver-campaign/

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2120/is_n3_v79/ai_20608564/

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Beaver