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Colorado woman embraces beavers, champions nature's engineers
The Denver Post ^
| 09/05/2007
| Jason Blevins
Posted on 09/09/2007 6:31:52 AM PDT by Daffynition
Wetmore - Bubba smells funky.
It's no wonder. The two caged beavers in the back seat of Sherri Tippie's aging red Isuzu Trooper - affectionately named Bubba - are awash in their own dank musk as ice bags drip down their backs.
"I love that smell. Don't you just love it? Nothing smells better to me," says Sherri Tippie, inhaling deeply. "I was born for beavers."
As Colorado's lone licensed live trapper and relocator of beavers, the opinionated part-time jail barber from Lakewood has become a legend among beaver lovers. For 22 years, she has battled stereotypes - and centuries of history - that paint beavers as water-hoarding pests worth more as soft hats than wild animals. Tippie has relocated several hundred, maybe even a thousand of the industrious, family-centric creatures.
She traps the engineering animals in metro Denver's urban streams and releases them in rural areas where their labor is appreciated for creating wetlands, raising water tables, restoring silty top soil and cleaning water.
"We need to change people's perceptions," Tippie says, slapping her leg in frustration. "Too many people today have a golf-course mentality. Water goes here. Flowers here. Grass here. Trees there. It goes against nature. We've spent too long working against nature."
And her beloved beavers, she says, support "nature's dance."
(Excerpt) Read more at denverpost.com ...
TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Science
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To: Ditter
Don’t beavers bite?Depends on what the definition of 'bite'...oh never mind.
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posted on
09/09/2007 7:10:24 AM PDT
by
DCPatriot
("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
To: garyhope
To: DCPatriot
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posted on
09/09/2007 7:12:03 AM PDT
by
Ditter
To: Loyalist
"Beaver relocator? Isn’t it where it’s supposed to be?"
OMG ...TOO funny!
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posted on
09/09/2007 7:15:24 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
To: grjr21; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
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posted on
09/09/2007 7:18:09 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Be deranged in a consistent manner. Manson was nuts, but at least he was always on message." --dead)
To: Ditter
Don’t beavers bite?Depends on how healthy they are...
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posted on
09/09/2007 7:22:48 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will. - Ben Stein)
To: Daffynition
As Colorado's lone licensed live trapper and relocator of beavers, the opinionated part-time jail barber from Lakewood has become a legend among beaver lovers.Indeed!
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posted on
09/09/2007 7:24:18 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will. - Ben Stein)
To: JRios1968
Yall stop now, you know what I mean. LOL!
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posted on
09/09/2007 7:25:33 AM PDT
by
Ditter
To: Ditter
Yall stop now, you know what I mean. LOL!
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posted on
09/09/2007 7:28:37 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will. - Ben Stein)
To: JRios1968
I want to know if she gets overtime compensation for her work. ;-D
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posted on
09/09/2007 7:30:19 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
To: Daffynition
I live in a dry county (Benton, in NW Arkansas),and thought that the county was going wet a few years ago. I made plans to open a liquor store on the highway to Beaver Lake. Alas, the proposition never even made it to the ballot, and I was stuck with a bunch of “Beaver Liquors” caps.
I even had a thread on FR asking for FReeper suggestions, but it got pulled after just a few (hilarious) replies.
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posted on
09/09/2007 8:36:38 AM PDT
by
mozarky2
(Ya never stand so tall as when ya stoop to stomp a statist!)
To: mozarky2
Howdy neighbor! I live in Cave Springs. I’ll be glad to take one or two of those caps off your hands.
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posted on
09/09/2007 8:53:16 AM PDT
by
OSHA
(Liberals will lick the boot on their necks if they think the other boot is on yours and mine.)
To: Daffynition
Careful lady, you’ll get a nipple bitten off!
Really, talking about “a target rich environment!”
Mark
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posted on
09/09/2007 8:57:58 AM PDT
by
MarkL
(Listen, Strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government)
To: mozarky2
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posted on
09/09/2007 9:02:33 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
To: Daffynition
nope..........nope.............NOT gonna touch it..............nope
To: MarkL
I know ... I think I have to go to church now. ;-D
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posted on
09/09/2007 9:03:41 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
To: mozarky2
Ebay, dude. You could be rich.
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posted on
09/09/2007 9:04:13 AM PDT
by
LongElegantLegs
("What quails?" asked Jack)
To: RightOnline
Well, my job requires that I take a course in asbestos abatement. I am now a...master (well, use your imagination)!
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posted on
09/09/2007 10:01:09 AM PDT
by
mozarky2
(Ya never stand so tall as when ya stoop to stomp a statist!)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
09/09/2007 11:22:25 AM PDT
by
Allegra
(Turning Vanity Threads Into New Socks Threads at Every Opportunity)
To: IncPen; BartMan1
will not touch this one ,, LOL
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