Now I know where the saying came from. The photo attached to this entry is a few days worth of work by some very industrious beavers at the Conservancy’s Silva tract near Water Control Structure “R.” When I first came to work for the Conservancy, I had a meeting with some senior U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials, who asked me what my plan was to deal with the destruction that beavers inflicted on the preserves. I laughed because I thought they were kidding. They weren’t. But I didn’t really know just how serious they were until I got into the job for awhile. One of the Conservancy’s biggest expenses, and one where we have some of the most serious worker safety issues, is from beaver damage. And it is never ending. These little guys seem to work 24/7, and never, ever give up. Yep, busier than a beaver.
They’re back!
We are so pleased to see one of the NBHCP’s “Covered Species,” the Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia), back on Conservancy property! Going back 15 years, the owl used to be seen frequently on Conservancy mitigation lands. At the time, we documented too-common depredation of them by dogs from nearby residential… Continue Reading They’re back!