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The Plan to Make California Wet By Spreading Beavers Up and Down the State
Gizmodo ^
| 10/17/15 3:30pm
| Alissa Walker
Posted on 04/13/2016 8:52:13 AM PDT by thoughtomator
Ending the drought in the West will require rain—not too much rain—and smarter ways to collect and store that water. But something else that can keep things moist? Believe it or not: Beavers.
According to a story in Water Deeply, a group of ecologists have a plan to help repopulate the Central Coast of California with Castor canadensis, the large beavers which once roamed the state in great numbers. (Not to be confused with their ancestors, giant beavers that were seven feet long.) The idea is that beavers are nature’s hydrologists, engineering the way that water travels through the landscape:
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: beavers; napl
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To: thoughtomator
Lololol!
THAT is their plan?? Beavers?? Seriously?
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posted on
04/13/2016 8:54:08 AM PDT
by
bill1952
(taxes don't hurt the rich, they keep YOU from becoming rich.)
To: thoughtomator
Not a bad idea, no way would the environmental wackos let them build man made dams so why not let the Beavers do it. Who is going to sue q beaver....
To: bill1952
I saw a documentary on beavers once. It was fascinating. Showed how beavers can turn a desert into a wetland.
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posted on
04/13/2016 8:55:53 AM PDT
by
odawg
To: thoughtomator
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posted on
04/13/2016 8:56:02 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: thoughtomator
The title, that’s good right there. Heh.
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posted on
04/13/2016 8:56:27 AM PDT
by
loungitude
(The truth hurts.)
To: thoughtomator
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posted on
04/13/2016 8:56:43 AM PDT
by
PROCON
To: tet68
You can never have enough beaver!!!
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posted on
04/13/2016 8:57:13 AM PDT
by
okkev68
To: thoughtomator
These idiots have no idea what will happen. The beavers will end up in ponds and undermine the earth dams. They don’t build where we need them, they choose the areas where they will be the most problematic. Beavers here damage trees and stock ponds.
To: thoughtomator
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posted on
04/13/2016 8:57:31 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: thoughtomator
This thread is going places.
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posted on
04/13/2016 8:57:51 AM PDT
by
Flick Lives
(One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
To: thoughtomator
I’m looking at the headline. And all I can see is .... wet beavers...
Yeah. I know where my mind is. Can’t help it.
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posted on
04/13/2016 8:57:56 AM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(Plan A. Split the GOP. Plan B. Hillary Wins!)
To: loungitude; thoughtomator
Even though the article was written by a female, I’d be surprised if the headline wasn’t devised by a male.
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posted on
04/13/2016 8:58:25 AM PDT
by
MortMan
(Let's call the push for amnesty what it is: Pedrophilia.)
To: thoughtomator
Are they taking California Girls?
I am all for dat!
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posted on
04/13/2016 8:58:26 AM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
To: Responsibility2nd
It’s attached to your body? LOL I’m teaching a class (technical) with one female and I don’t dare mention this headline!
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posted on
04/13/2016 8:59:32 AM PDT
by
MortMan
(Let's call the push for amnesty what it is: Pedrophilia.)
To: thoughtomator
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posted on
04/13/2016 8:59:36 AM PDT
by
showme_the_Glory
((ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government))
To: MortMan; Lazmataz
definitely don’t want to miss the beaver shot that comes with the article
To: bill1952
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posted on
04/13/2016 9:01:28 AM PDT
by
V_TWIN
To: thoughtomator
But beavers chop down trees... and environmentalists hate that! What a dilemma.
To: bill1952
Well, the did say “spreading” beavers. Wording is everything.
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posted on
04/13/2016 9:03:11 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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