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Other Activities => Trapping => Topic started by: lastmk8 on February 16, 2023, 07:13:35 AM

Title: Potential Nationwide ban on beaver trapping..??
Post by: lastmk8 on February 16, 2023, 07:13:35 AM: Has anyone seen this yet? I came across it last night. Steve Rinella uncovered it somehow.

https://www.themeateater.com/conservation/wildlife-management/meateater-obtains-leaked-letter-asking-biden-to-ban-beaver-trapping
Title: Re: Potential Nationwide ban on beaver trapping..??
Post by: Sandberm on February 16, 2023, 09:18:38 AM: Its starting to feel like the beaver is becoming the cute cuddly mascot for drastic environmental policy.
Title: Re: Potential Nationwide ban on beaver trapping..??
Post by: JimmyHoffa on February 16, 2023, 09:40:44 AM: I'm pretty sure I recently read an article about beavers moving into federal lands in northern Alaska, and they are accelerating climate change.
Title: Re: Potential Nationwide ban on beaver trapping..??
Post by: storyteller on February 16, 2023, 12:05:00 PM: Yep, here is one of them,
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/beavers-are-accelerating-climate-change-alaska-180975260/
Title: Re: Potential Nationwide ban on beaver trapping..??
Post by: Special T on February 16, 2023, 01:01:09 PM: In Washington 60ish nusance beaver were transported to the mountains only to be killed and eaten by cougars. I belive the Meat Eater article hit it on the head. This is anti trapping and has nothing to do with science.
Title: Re: Potential Nationwide ban on beaver trapping..??
Post by: bugs n bones on February 16, 2023, 04:43:41 PM: Quote from: Special T on February 16, 2023, 01:01:09 PM
In Washington 60ish nusance beaver were transported to the mountains only to be killed and eaten by cougars. I belive the Meat Eater article hit it on the head. This is anti trapping and has nothing to do with science.
bingo !
Title: Re: Potential Nationwide ban on beaver trapping..??
Post by: Magnum_Willys on February 16, 2023, 08:48:35 PM: Wow! The critter that drove exploration of Northern N.A. to be outlawed. Crazy
Title: Re: Potential Nationwide ban on beaver trapping..??
Post by: Trapper John on February 17, 2023, 01:39:35 PM: Here is what I think. Joe should sign it and put in clause that the "Anti Environmental Groups" have to "Pay" every complaint from ever county in all 50 states and be fore the program goes into effect the Environmental Groups have to put up lets say a small amount of money around 900 billion. I would bet all i.e. hunting, fishing, trapping, gun grabber, of this anti crap would come to an end.

I have been in the ADC/WCO business some 40 years now. I have seen billions of property damage over those years.
JC