Comments on: The Surrey Beaver Issue http://www.miss604.com/2008/06/the-surrey-beaver-issue.html Vancouver Blog Miss604 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:10:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gav http://www.miss604.com/2008/06/the-surrey-beaver-issue.html#comment-7423 Gav Tue, 19 May 2009 02:56:16 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/?p=1960#comment-7423 surrey beavers rugby (see website) will always help out or rent out the historic (imfamous) CLUBHOUSE to save healthy surrey beavers surrey beavers rugby (see website) will always help out or rent out the historic (imfamous) CLUBHOUSE to save healthy surrey beavers

]]> By: Wednesday Morning Link Fest: Show Me State » Vancouver Blog Miss 604 http://www.miss604.com/2008/06/the-surrey-beaver-issue.html#comment-7422 Wednesday Morning Link Fest: Show Me State » Vancouver Blog Miss 604 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:34:18 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/?p=1960#comment-7422 [...] And not to worry, as Surrey is trying to save its [...] [...] And not to worry, as Surrey is trying to save its [...]

]]> By: Don Pitcairn http://www.miss604.com/2008/06/the-surrey-beaver-issue.html#comment-7421 Don Pitcairn Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:22:57 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/?p=1960#comment-7421 I hope you all like the "Beaver Dies Here" slogans posted on the bottom of Surrey's signs. Compliments of Surrey's United Naturists (SUN) to draw public attention to this issue. In case you didn't know, SUN is the nude beach association dedicated to preserving and protecting Crescent Rock Beach. You can check out the SUN website at www.crescentrockbeach.org Now no jokes about the nudies trying to protect the beaver please! I hope you all like the “Beaver Dies Here” slogans posted on the bottom of Surrey’s signs. Compliments of Surrey’s United Naturists (SUN) to draw public attention to this issue. In case you didn’t know, SUN is the nude beach association dedicated to preserving and protecting Crescent Rock Beach. You can check out the SUN website at http://www.crescentrockbeach.org Now no jokes about the nudies trying to protect the beaver please!

]]> By: Mark D'Arcy http://www.miss604.com/2008/06/the-surrey-beaver-issue.html#comment-7420 Mark D'Arcy Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:53:12 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/?p=1960#comment-7420 Thanks so much Rebecca for providing this information on humane anti-flooding devices for beaver dams & culverts. Surrey has entered the 21st century but we are still in a good-old-boy development agenda here in Fredericton. University of New Brunswick, a public university, killed 24 beavers (~5 colonies of beavers) in their UNB Woodlot Forest. Even though this is within the city limits of Fredericton, and frequented by families and dog-walkers, UNB used lethal conibear traps to kill these beavers. New beavers will only move back and the trapping cycle will be repeated. Without beavers, the wetlands can lose up to 90% of their water. The only way to manage wetlands are to manage the beavers - using inexpensive anti-flooding devices. Our group, The Friends of the UNB Woodlot, approached the University of New Brunswick in January 2008 with an offer to pay for the pipes and hardware to build these devices. UNB turned us down and refused to meet with us. Unbelievably, UNB has 2 beavers on their emblem holding a book of knowledge with the latin phrase that says "Dare to be wise". Mark D'Arcy and Caroline Lubbe-D'Arcy Fredericton, New Brunswick, CANADA E-mail: markandcaroline@gmail.com Thanks so much Rebecca for providing this information on humane anti-flooding devices for beaver dams & culverts. Surrey has entered the 21st century but we are still in a good-old-boy development agenda here in Fredericton.

University of New Brunswick, a public university, killed 24 beavers (~5 colonies of beavers) in their UNB Woodlot Forest. Even though this is within the city limits of Fredericton, and frequented by families and dog-walkers, UNB used lethal conibear traps to kill these beavers. New beavers will only move back and the trapping cycle will be repeated.

Without beavers, the wetlands can lose up to 90% of their water. The only way to manage wetlands are to manage the beavers – using inexpensive anti-flooding devices.

Our group, The Friends of the UNB Woodlot, approached the University of New Brunswick in January 2008 with an offer to pay for the pipes and hardware to build these devices. UNB turned us down and refused to meet with us.

Unbelievably, UNB has 2 beavers on their emblem holding a book of knowledge with the latin phrase that says “Dare to be wise”.

Mark D’Arcy and Caroline Lubbe-D’Arcy
Fredericton, New Brunswick, CANADA
E-mail: markandcaroline@gmail.com

]]> By: Tim Ayres http://www.miss604.com/2008/06/the-surrey-beaver-issue.html#comment-7419 Tim Ayres Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:24:14 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/?p=1960#comment-7419 Glad to be of service! Tim Ayres: Bad taste since 1980 Glad to be of service! Tim Ayres: Bad taste since 1980

]]> By: Miss604 http://www.miss604.com/2008/06/the-surrey-beaver-issue.html#comment-7418 Miss604 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:10:20 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/?p=1960#comment-7418 Oh Tim, I was waiting to see how long it would be until someone made that reference :-P Oh Tim, I was waiting to see how long it would be until someone made that reference :-P

]]> By: Tim Ayres http://www.miss604.com/2008/06/the-surrey-beaver-issue.html#comment-7417 Tim Ayres Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:07:57 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/?p=1960#comment-7417 Must...resist...Surrey girl...joke...Beavers...surrey...GAH! Must…resist…Surrey girl…joke…Beavers…surrey…GAH!

]]> By: LiamM http://www.miss604.com/2008/06/the-surrey-beaver-issue.html#comment-7416 LiamM Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:34:50 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/?p=1960#comment-7416 Holy informative. I've lived in Surrey for 26 years and didn't know the Beaver as anything more than a mascot for the city. I really have to make more use of all those nearby parks. Holy informative. I’ve lived in Surrey for 26 years and didn’t know the Beaver as anything more than a mascot for the city. I really have to make more use of all those nearby parks.

]]> By: Raul http://www.miss604.com/2008/06/the-surrey-beaver-issue.html#comment-7415 Raul Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:44:02 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/?p=1960#comment-7415 Great post, Rebecca - even with all my environmental training, I don't have a good answer to this :( but I am sure that amongst your readers, there must be at least one animal ecologist who can provide with some insight. Great post, Rebecca – even with all my environmental training, I don’t have a good answer to this :( but I am sure that amongst your readers, there must be at least one animal ecologist who can provide with some insight.

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