Beavers - amaqing engineers, even if they don't have degrees, who can help to mitigate water quality and temperature effects of climate change. And even without taking a utilitarian approach, beavers are just plain cool. One thing on my bucket list is to have a beaver colony on the creek at the bottom of the field behind my house.
A surge in efforts to find ways to co-exist with beavers continues to be opposed by ag lobby and other landowners Habitat helper: For all the good they do, beavers often get the short end of the stick. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
A showing of the film "Elemental" - this is a longer version than the one shown in Bingen a couple of months ago. Very pertinent to the Climate Change conference this weekend. Thought provoking.
FYI, here's the letter we submitted to Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife regarding their proposal to uplist Western Gray Squirrel to endangered status. We absolutely support this, WGS may not be high profile or glamorous, but we love them.
This rare, local hearing held by FERC is an important opportunity to testify. We will be at the evening session, ready to speak. Join us and Riverkeeper then or in the morning. This project should not go forward.
The Public Comment period on the Klickitat County Shoreline Management Plan opens tomorrow, closes May 26. Helpful to attend the public information session on April 26. Register here.
Register for a public meeting for Pacific County Shoreline Master Program (SMP).
