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A Busy beavers dam local farmland The Free Press Wed August TROUT FISHING in the Rocky Mountains is enhanced by beaver ponds In Ontario beavor dams may be detrimental to trout fishing because the warmer source water becomes even warmer as it stands in a beaver pond PARK where beavers have managed to rebuild dams on a small rivulet winch runs into a large body of water flooding three acres of beautiful parkland right in an important and cen tral area Comins and Goins By Joyce Beaton To be referred to as busy jib beaver is usually con a compliment To lo cal farmers busy beavers arc a pain in Ihe pocket book causing thousands of dollars worth of damage by cutting down valuable trees flooding roads and farmland and plug ping culverts According to the Ontario Ministry of Natural Re sources nothing In past re cords Indicates that there ever were more beaver living In Ontario than present A provincial survey shows an over abundance of colonies poor food conditions and an unproductive family lure This Indicates the ver resource Is grossly under harvested Culvert But what do you do if you re a farmer who has suffered the flooding and devastation of three or four acres of valu able cedar trees Casey Boss 4 Acton contacted the Ministry of Natural Re sou and was advised to build a specially designed culvert which would foil the beavers designs and send them scurrying to other parts Casey bought lumber and made one following the Istrys Instructions ted culvert at right angles Into the beaver dam with the front projection screened and the back end open He waited for results For awhile it seemed the culvert had the desired effect There was no sign of the beavers Then he discovered the lures had gone further up stream and built six smaller damn with accompanying flooding lo hold back the waters while they pondered what they should do about the new culvert on their large dam They long the engineering problems The animals plugged end of culvert uslnj mud and Incorporated it Into their reinforced dam by building over top Smart beaver They were smarter than the fellows at the Ministry thought Casey observes The fellows at the Ministry offer two official suggestions for getting rid of the plan Casey used and which fails more times than It works and the offer to train the farmer to trap the beaver in season Unofficially they tell you the property owner has the right to dispose of the dam by dynamiting or any other way you con get of them However this any other way docs not Include killing the beaver Casey Is at the point where he questions other way but is adamant about not wanting to hurt the animals He hopes Bill Richardson a Georgetown trapper employ by the Ministry will be over In the fall to trap the and move them out but meanwhile he is receiving no compensation for the damage the animals have done He feels the Province should be responsible for them just as they are for damage done by other animals such as wol ves Conservationist is the park superintendent of the Rock wood conservation park He is a true conservationist who cares about wildlife and not ural things but even in that capacity he feels there should be legislation allowing property owners destroy beavers the Rockwood park two beavers have managed to re build dams on a small rivulet which runs Into a large body of water flooding mately three acres of beaut i ful parkland right in an 1m and central area Where once the dam public interest it now pro vides visual pollution which according to Jim will never be restored to its original state Trees have been chew and can be seen lying about in the swamp land beautiful evergreens gray and ombre are left cutting off an area of picnicking ana hiking He feels that if the beaver arc taken away and the land drained only scrub will exist Because the park is geared to conservation they are not allowed to even consider eliminating the beaver They park authorities are allow to remove them to another area which as Jim says only mcons the problem will be then created for someone else What kind of conserva is that he asks Remove routes Jim said his staff have tried at least six or eight times to get rid of the beavers by re moving their dam routes but each time they set them up again within the dayHe says they can build them up over night and there Is absolutely no way to discourage them from their Intent Norm of R agrees with Jim He operates the Circle S In a ranch consisting of 10 farms stretching from the Fourth Line of Eramosa through to the First He soys he have time to build the cul same category as foxes or any other animal creating nuisances He feels the foxes and wolves are act In accord with the balance of nature but the beaver la just being destructive and creating havoc To date the beavers hove destroyed acres of ful cedar treed land on the properly resulting in blighted ugly landscape Norm feels legislation should allow for shooting the beaver as their havoc Is greater than the public Interest they create He also reports that one other farm located fur upstream Is also flooded by beavers conservationists will argue that all beaver activity Is not to be damned The sheer abundance and insatiable drive or the beaver to build dams has changed and Is changing Ontarios landscape dramatically Although In many cases they do leave waste they also a whole new environment oty stem The Impounded water may spread over hundreds of acres supporting ever in creasing quantities of plants and animals Dams built across streams or lake outlets have a tremendous Impact upon ecosystem of an area They greatly affect the shoreline vegetation by mis the water table In the pond and In the surrounding soil This often results in new growth or aquatic vegetation In the Rocky Mountains beaver ponds mean good trout fishing The cold water of the streams warms up in the pond resulting in a great number of water organ isms upon which trout feed In Ontario beaver dams may be detrimental to trout fish because the warmer source water becomes even warmer as it stands in a pond WORK to a single endto provide and food for the win months The climax of this work their masterpiece isthebea lodge Many species of find beaver ponds Ideal f railing their broods for feiUna and resting mink and otter occupy heaver ponds utilise I ges and s The water loving iiioosl has ex Banded his range Into by Trappers During tin last few the avenge number Imp in has tit tween and The annual harvest averages about pells in 1064 a total till nils win taken This results In millions of dollars In Hi yenrs ivir pelts sold for over an In or as low us urn ill rite is with slums Ministry acting as work In slnglt end to provide and foMl for the of this their in tin hi lodgi According Cherokee gend It is Hit Spirit with Hie glgantlt whi treated Iht earth had covered with water until the Spirit s Hit beavers diving bent nth to up mud from Hit hot torn to form land masses to Lee Itu a kit us man seems la be on sir ying tin r may again have to ill upon hi in avers help things up Hie earths fitun I be In belter mils GUARDIAN DRUGS At the waterfront By Jane Warm weather has return slowly but surely bringing people back to the Park Pic nickers outnumber the swim because the water is still quite chilly those registered in the swimming session July to Aug I the instructors are offering one free additional week of classes All those children are to report to the beach for lessons at m daily Don I forget there only one chance left to take sum mcr swim lessons The last session begins Aug and runs through to the 30th Most classes arc still low in but are steadily filling up Adults babies we offer for everyone Since there was such a large turnout for the Water Safety Night the Beach Pat entertainment a Film on Wednesday August 14 These films include Jlmlny Cricket for sure this time conservation films cartoons silent flicks and many more Just show up at the pavilion at and be prepared for an evening of great show entertainment welcome Reports of holidiyors who have back from north say the winther been too cool for rainy most of the limt Nice knowing for those of us who haven been awns yet Friends Bill and lilt send Iheir best wishes for Shirley recovery Report is that she still lias not regained consciousness since being in an Occident a week ago day An exciting trip to the coast was one when Don and Helen Sinclair went to Vancomer and holidayed with sons and daughters In law Don Janet and Rob and Kathie who were in Japan The Sin arc now back on their farm near Orangevllle It welcome home to Bob and Shirley who at Park at Parry Sound with children Glen and was for the Ray Death family when friends and neighbors drop ped in for open house in honor of daughter Brenda vho will be married August to Rand of Rockwood Nice going kids and friends wish you both all the luck in the world for a won life together It a weekend In for Bay Death and sons ken and an ho are enjoying a week of antique car touring with J it 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