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   Keith D Johnson (keithdjohnson@sfba.social)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jan-2024 08:02:41 JST Keith D Johnson

   "For decades, beavers were considered pests – trapped & shot on sight. Now the attitude towards nature's best engineers is changing, & farmers are working to bring them back.
   #Beavers are vital to #ecosystems, as their dam building habits spread water through parched landscapes. This can not only help to regulate the flow of water, it provides another important service – keeping fires under control. Beavers are nature's firefighters.
   In northern New Mexico, Darr has seen farmers "drastically" change their perception of beavers. "They were pretty hesitant, but they saw first-hand how the beavers provided sustained, reliable #water sources throughout the year, even during the hot dry summer we had. To see it is to believe it. We just have to show people what beavers can do for other wildlife, & humans."
   #permaculture #climate #drought #flood https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240111-the-us-is-bringing-back-beavers-because-theyre-natures-best-firefighters

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Sunday, 21-Jan-2024 23:16:21 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     @zardozWrex it isn't as simple as that. Consumers demand cheap food and don't care why its cheap because they dont earn enough to buy anything more expensive. Farmers are just part of the same society as everyone else. They need to make enough money to keep their businesses going, and they worry about that pretty much all the time. Farmers can't change things on their own.

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     Zardoz (zardozwrex@c.im)'s status on Sunday, 21-Jan-2024 23:16:22 JST Zardoz

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     have you met farmers? Most of them hate nature. Wolves, coyotes, beavers, eagles, hawks, big cats...ask farmers how they feel about them. Look at what they've done to their populations.

     you've got trees that need to be clear cut for crops or cattle. Water that needs to be redirected for their farms.

     They haven't met a problem yet that can't be solved with chemicals, guns, or a big enough tractor.

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     your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 (blogdiva@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 21-Jan-2024 23:16:23 JST your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦

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     ""For decades, beavers were considered pests"

     only a silver spooned, legacy graduate sociopath from CalTech or MIT would think such a thing.

     @KeithDJohnson