Comments on: Argyll’s home making Knapdale beavers http://forargyll.com/2009/11/argylls-knapdale-beavers-put-down-roots/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:58:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jane Allanhttp://forargyll.com/2009/11/argylls-knapdale-beavers-put-down-roots/#comment-18089 Jane Allan Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:19:24 +0000 http://forargyll.com/?p=17194#comment-18089 There is a well established waymarked forest walk which was re-designated "The Beaver Detective Trail' within yards of the beaver dam and the beaver lodge but it is now impassable due to the damming and flooding activities of the beavers. The beavers have been released in an area which is popular with locals and visitors alike and one of their remits was to increase tourism to the area. Now we are being told we mustn't go anywhere near them! Well sorry folks, if you want to see how beavers cope with living in a working forest where people have been encouraged to visit, the beavers will have to cope with humans being in the vicinity. There is a well established waymarked forest walk which was re-designated “The Beaver Detective Trail’ within yards of the beaver dam and the beaver lodge but it is now impassable due to the damming and flooding activities of the beavers. The beavers have been released in an area which is popular with locals and visitors alike and one of their remits was to increase tourism to the area. Now we are being told we mustn’t go anywhere near them! Well sorry folks, if you want to see how beavers cope with living in a working forest where people have been encouraged to visit, the beavers will have to cope with humans being in the vicinity.

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