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Beaver sighted in Detroit River; first in 75 years
AP ^
| 16 Feb 2009
| AP
Posted on 02/17/2009 8:12:26 AM PST by BGHater
Wildlife officials are celebrating the sighting of a beaver in the Detroit River for the first time in decades, signaling that efforts to clean up the waterway are paying off.
The Detroit Free Press reports that a beaver lodge has been discovered in an intake canal at a Detroit Edison riverfront plant. Officials believe the beaver spotted by the utility's motion-sensitive camera marks the animal's return to the river for the first time in at least 75 years.
Photos and video were taken in November, but Detroit Edison didn't want to release them until they could ensure the animal's safety.
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TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: beaver; detroit; wildlife
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A photo taken by a Detroit Edison motion-sensitive camera in November shows a beaver on company property. It is the first beaver seen in Detroit in at least 75 years and is a sign the river is cleaner.
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posted on
02/17/2009 8:12:26 AM PST
by
BGHater
To: BGHater; fanfan
It is so tempting to make a comment about the “Windsor Ballet”.
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posted on
02/17/2009 8:14:58 AM PST
by
Squawk 8888
(TSA and DHS are jobs programs for people who are not smart enough to flip burgers)
To: BGHater
A beaver cut down three small, recently planted trees in my backyard a couple of years ago, the little bastid...
To: BGHater
Gives a whole new meaning to the term “Bush’s fault”, doesn’t it?
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posted on
02/17/2009 8:15:11 AM PST
by
Buck W.
(BHO: Selling hope, keeping the change.)
To: BGHater
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posted on
02/17/2009 8:16:03 AM PST
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: BGHater; Travis T. OJustice
Wildlife officials are celebrating the sighting of a beaver in the Detroit River for the first time in decades, signaling that efforts to clean up the waterway are paying off. Detroit, like Ward Cleaver, has been a little rough on the beaver.
To: BGHater
OMG! As soon as we’re done combatting global warming, we gotta do something about these invasive species!/s
I had no idea that adult beavers were “50 to 100 lbs”.
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posted on
02/17/2009 8:18:05 AM PST
by
Attention Surplus Disorder
(Mr. Bernanke, have you started working on your book about the second GREATER depression?")
To: BGHater
She was scantily dressed and floating face down.
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posted on
02/17/2009 8:18:57 AM PST
by
Wavrnr10
(Eagles soar....but weasles don't get sucked into jet engines!)
To: BGHater
I thought Madonna moved to Great Britain more recently.
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posted on
02/17/2009 8:20:05 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: BGHater
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posted on
02/17/2009 8:20:45 AM PST
by
PGalt
To: BGHater
It’s not surprising. Remember the line from Jurasic Park? “Nature will find a way?” It is a subtle reminder that the hysteria of the ecobunnies and tree huggers that their arrogance that humankind could affect nature on a world scale is preposterous.
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posted on
02/17/2009 8:21:40 AM PST
by
Gaffer
To: Puppage
Wow. I didn’t realize the Detroit River was so clean.
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posted on
02/17/2009 8:23:13 AM PST
by
andy58-in-nh
(Ronald Reagan had a vision of America. Barack Obama has a vision of Barack Obama.)
To: BGHater
Getting really cold up north.
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posted on
02/17/2009 8:24:07 AM PST
by
Tarpon
(If you don't stand on principle, you stand for nothing at all.)
To: Constitution Day
Damn, now I can't post "IBTGWYWKOROTBLN".
"in before the Gee, Ward, you were kind of rough on the Beaver last night"
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posted on
02/17/2009 8:24:20 AM PST
by
Travis T. OJustice
(Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy.)
To: BGHater
Nice Beaver
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posted on
02/17/2009 8:24:20 AM PST
by
Scutter
To: BGHater
Apparently beavers have been afraid of new car production all these years.
To: andy58-in-nh
Wow. I didnt realize the Detroit River was so cleanIt has to be.......otherwise, the beaver wouldn't, ummm, come.
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posted on
02/17/2009 8:26:40 AM PST
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Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: BGHater
This is good because when Bari The Kenyan gets done with us, we’re all going to have to go back to living in log cabins and trapping beaver for a living. “Progressives” are so retro.
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02/17/2009 8:26:54 AM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Have You Punched A Democrat Today? - Do it for the children.)
To: BGHater
NOT GUILTY!
To: BGHater
"Obama responsible for damp beavers in Detroit!"(Film at eleven.)
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