Confounded yet again by beavers plying the water of the Kismat tract. They actually hauled off the 2 x 4 lumber used to back up water in the “double flashboard risers” in what is called Water Control Structure K at the site. Moreover, they destroyed two more of the three-year old native trees planted on the adjacent Silva tract. I am getting another lesson in humility. I recall having chuckled at seeing a requirement in the Habitat Conservation Plan that the Conservancy control beaver populations on managed marsh complexes. At the time (six years ago), I had no idea the damage they could do. Now I understand.
A New Team Member.
Pictured here are two photos, one of a goat about to give birth to a kid on a portion of the Conservancy’s preserves that benefit Swainson’s hawk. The hawks have migrated now, so the field’s vacant state was recently enlivened when this newborn made its introduction to life on Earth. …