My Rights As An American 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 This is the part that is most intriguing to me. They have the ability to drastically change an entire ecosystem. In the desert that could be a very good thing as it could keep more surface water, create pools/ponds and the domino effect of that. However I am not a biologist just an intrigued citizen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
My Rights As An American Report post Posted February 13, 2015 I believe there had been an attempt to reintroduce them over the years in the San Pedro for this very reason. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snapshot Report post Posted February 13, 2015 Makes me wonder, because the San Pedro is sand most of the year. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adicted Report post Posted February 13, 2015 i like the really furry beavers...seen them at bartlett but boy did it stink...i took off after it tried to get on my boat Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCS Report post Posted February 13, 2015 The beaver that was released yesterday was up on the OX ranch.My son was one of the people carrying the kennel to the water.This was on Date Creek,by the Joshua Forest,off of 93. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muledeerarea33? Report post Posted February 13, 2015 Makes me wonder, because the San Pedro is sand most of the year. Not all of it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Havasuhunter Report post Posted February 14, 2015 Pooling some water by cutting down some salt cedars or cottonwoods on a desert river sure can't hurt wildlife. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
My Rights As An American Report post Posted February 14, 2015 Pooling some water by cutting down some salt cedars or cottonwoods on a desert river sure can't hurt wildlife. This brings up another intersting topic. Anyone seen the effects of that water release below Morelos Dam last year? The cottonwood saplings exploded when surface water was reintroduced for a brief period. There are supposed to be huge numbers of new cottonwoods growing. Wonder if this could possibly be the effect with the beaver? Retaining much more water at the surface and leading to better wildlife opportunity all around. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billrquimby Report post Posted February 15, 2015 There have been beavers on the Little Colorado River and its tributaries around Greer for the 70 years I've been going there. There also were beavers in the Gila and Colorado rivers (as well as along many of their drainage canals) as I was growing up in Yuma in the 1940s and early 1950s. (There also were miles of cottonwood forests.) The reason we don't have more beavers now is because of water rights. It's been said that there are three owners for every drop in this state. When beavers show up and build dams in places they haven't occupied in years, water flow decreases downstream and farmers start looking for the problem. It isn't long before those beavers are removed. For example, a pair of beavers moved onto Badger Creek where it runs along our cabin in Greer and began building dams a couple of years ago. I was looking forward to their creating a trout pond on our property until someone either killed or trapped and took them away. Bill Quimby 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mattys281 Report post Posted February 15, 2015 Pooling some water by cutting down some salt cedars or cottonwoods on a desert river sure can't hurt wildlife. This brings up another intersting topic. Anyone seen the effects of that water release below Morelos Dam last year? The cottonwood saplings exploded when surface water was reintroduced for a brief period. There are supposed to be huge numbers of new cottonwoods growing. Wonder if this could possibly be the effect with the beaver? Retaining much more water at the surface and leading to better wildlife opportunity all around. If you like nature documentaries, check this one out. It's around the 21:00 mark that they do the segment on the beavers making their little oasis in the Nevada desert. Pretty cool stuff! http://video.pbs.org/video/2365243455/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MULEPACKHUNTER Report post Posted February 16, 2015 It took me 3 days to build the nerve to click on this thread, actually I was disappointed. Lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snapshot Report post Posted February 16, 2015 It took me 3 days to build the nerve to click on this thread, actually I was disappointed. Lol Certainly not the vision we had when we saw "Nice Beaver" as a topic thread. Us males spend too much time with our minds in the gutter. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PRDATR Report post Posted February 16, 2015 It took me 3 days to build the nerve to click on this thread, actually I was disappointed. Lol Certainly not the vision we had when we saw "Nice Beaver" as a topic thread. Us males spend too much time with out minds in the gutter. First thing I thought of was Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nets. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
My Rights As An American Report post Posted February 16, 2015 I am shocked, I tell you! You mean, someone thought I was using double entendre in my thread title? Shocked! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
