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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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1 posted on 04/13/2016 8:52:13 AM PDT by thoughtomator
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To: thoughtomator

Lololol!
THAT is their plan?? Beavers?? Seriously?


2 posted on 04/13/2016 8:54:08 AM PDT by bill1952 (taxes don't hurt the rich, they keep YOU from becoming rich.)
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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....
3 posted on 04/13/2016 8:55:18 AM PDT by martinidon
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To: bill1952

I saw a documentary on beavers once. It was fascinating. Showed how beavers can turn a desert into a wetland.


4 posted on 04/13/2016 8:55:53 AM PDT by odawg
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To: thoughtomator

Spread the beaver!


5 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.)
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To: thoughtomator

The title, that’s good right there. Heh.


6 posted on 04/13/2016 8:56:27 AM PDT by loungitude (The truth hurts.)
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7 posted on 04/13/2016 8:56:43 AM PDT by PROCON
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To: tet68

You can never have enough beaver!!!


8 posted on 04/13/2016 8:57:13 AM PDT by okkev68
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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.


9 posted on 04/13/2016 8:57:14 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: thoughtomator

Too easy.

L


10 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.)
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To: thoughtomator

This thread is going places.


11 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)
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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.


12 posted on 04/13/2016 8:57:56 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Plan A. Split the GOP. Plan B. Hillary Wins!)
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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.


13 posted on 04/13/2016 8:58:25 AM PDT by MortMan (Let's call the push for amnesty what it is: Pedrophilia.)
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To: thoughtomator

Are they taking California Girls?

I am all for dat!


14 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!))
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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!


15 posted on 04/13/2016 8:59:32 AM PDT by MortMan (Let's call the push for amnesty what it is: Pedrophilia.)
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To: thoughtomator

Timber!!!


16 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))
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To: MortMan; Lazmataz

definitely don’t want to miss the beaver shot that comes with the article


17 posted on 04/13/2016 8:59:53 AM PDT by thoughtomator
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To: bill1952

Here’s another bright idea by the eco lovers:

http://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/Shade-balls-a-not-so-bright-solution-to-6456279.php


18 posted on 04/13/2016 9:01:28 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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But beavers chop down trees... and environmentalists hate that! What a dilemma.


19 posted on 04/13/2016 9:03:05 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: bill1952

Well, the did say “spreading” beavers. Wording is everything.


20 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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