My Rights As An American Report post Posted February 13, 2015 Had not seen this anywhere yet so forgive me if I missed it. I see that the beaver rescued from Tempe Town Cesspool has been nursed back to health at a rehab center and been released northeast of Wickenburg by Game and Fish. Seems there is a riparian stream large enough on a ranch for reintroduction. There are three other beavers there already. Seems like a very neat story to me. Would be cool if they somehow ended up building a small biological wetlands in the middle of the desert. Kudos to all involved as we do not have many real beaver here. Maybe a positive story about Game and Fish, the rehab center, the ranch owners, the other beavers and the general public overall? Not enough beavers to cause a nuisance I would think like in other parts of the country. But I could be wrong. Anybody? Seems like a lot of very strong opinions on here lately. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Couzer Report post Posted February 13, 2015 I know a buddies family has a problem with them in Greer. They have been issued to take of them. I ran one over in the road last year on a deer hunt up by Roosevelt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ctafoya Report post Posted February 13, 2015 Oh boy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
My Rights As An American Report post Posted February 13, 2015 I guess that I have no experience with them so I definitely do not have any preconceived notion about them. Just always thought beavers in the desert were pretty interesting. In the desert they keep the water on the surface instead of letting it go underground, thus making the water accessible to the entire animal ecosystem. But what the heck do I know! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snapshot Report post Posted February 13, 2015 DOn't know much about them myself. I watched a documentary of the Yellowstone area Beaver. They filmed a full year in the life of a Beaver and had an underwater camera. It was very interesting. I know they can cause a considerable amount of damage to the tree's and vegetation in a given area, but that's what Beavers do to survive. I would think any desert area beaver would need much water, no encroachment by man to excel in it's enviroment. But I don't really know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PRDATR Report post Posted February 13, 2015 I have seen them on the Lower Salt before, not sure why they didn't release it there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DesertBull Report post Posted February 13, 2015 DOn't know much about them myself. I watched a documentary of the Yellowstone area Beaver. They filmed a full year in the life of a Beaver and had an underwater camera. It was very interesting. I know they can cause a considerable amount of damage to the tree's and vegetation in a given area, but that's what Beavers do to survive. I would think any desert area beaver would need much water, no encroachment by man to excel in it's enviroment. But I don't really know. I just googled "year in the life of a beaver" Wow, that was disturbing. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snapshot Report post Posted February 13, 2015 DOn't know much about them myself. I watched a documentary of the Yellowstone area Beaver. They filmed a full year in the life of a Beaver and had an underwater camera. It was very interesting. I know they can cause a considerable amount of damage to the tree's and vegetation in a given area, but that's what Beavers do to survive. I would think any desert area beaver would need much water, no encroachment by man to excel in it's enviroment. But I don't really know. I just googled "year in the life of a beaver" Wow, that was disturbing. I can only imagine! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snapshot Report post Posted February 13, 2015 .........Dam Beavers! https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=AwrTccNNRd5Uj94AAlknnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTB0ZWVkYm84BHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2dxMQR2dGlkA1lIUzAwMl8x?p=nat+geo+beaver+film&tnr=21&vid=7B094B8F2D1BA2191C2D7B094B8F2D1BA2191C2D&l=2577&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DUN.607996494301561444%26pid%3D15.1&sigi=11r7qt54f&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DWnutt8y7rfE&sigr=11b819rnb&tt=b&tit=Nature+s+Engineers+The+Dam+Beaver+National+Geographic+...&sigt=11p90skp9&back=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fyhs%2Fsearch%3Fp%3Dnat%2Bgeo%2Bbeaver%2Bfilm%26hsimp%3Dyhs-001%26hspart%3Dmozilla%26ei%3DUTF-8&sigb=12v1on0va&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-001 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
My Rights As An American Report post Posted February 13, 2015 I am always encapsulated by a good beaver flick! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snapshot Report post Posted February 13, 2015 I am always encapsulated by a good beaver flick! DB must have better google searches than me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mattys281 Report post Posted February 13, 2015 Pbs has a great documentary called 'leave it to beavers'. They showed a place in Nevada where a couple of beavers had turned a desert sand wash into an incredible green oasis. It was amazing. Apparently there is some sort of initiative to reintroduce them throughout the west. Very interesting animals Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
el diablo Report post Posted February 13, 2015 I love beavers. Preferably not fury or at least verily well maintained. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Donkey Report post Posted February 13, 2015 A wet beaver is a happy beaver. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Couestracker Report post Posted February 13, 2015 I've seen them downstream of Holly Lake in the White Mountains, in Cherry Creek unit 23, at Lake Powell and in the Colorado river on Lake Mohave and at Laughlin, plus several other places I won't mention. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
