tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057774701394069566.post5750866306464410630..comments2023-08-29T10:21:16.844-07:00Comments on Southland Beaver: Anatomy of a Drying RiverDuane Nashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14467779935085970909noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057774701394069566.post-31848725930513408802023-08-29T10:21:16.844-07:002023-08-29T10:21:16.844-07:00Thanks for the posstThanks for the posstResidencia Elbuen Pastor Bejarhttps://residenciaelbuenpastorbejar.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057774701394069566.post-32626827894832135912013-08-15T22:53:07.216-07:002013-08-15T22:53:07.216-07:00I have done some posts on them. For example my pos...I have done some posts on them. For example my post on the once saturated Central Valley of California from Bakersfield to Shasta. They estimate a very low minimal herd count of over 500,000. Can you imagine how such a magnificent mechanism would have managed the landscape if such a precise healthy way ? Beaver would most certainly have been present as there is a wealth of water in this area. Jaguar were not only said to have been living in the once massive Colorado River Delta sub-tropic riparian forests, but also as far north as the region of San Sebastian Marsh west of the Salton Sea where San Felipe Creek entered Lake Cahuilla. <br /><br />There is no end to the ways human idiocy shackled by green and selfishness have ruined this Earth.<br /><br />-Chaparral Earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618976919417073750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057774701394069566.post-11733314162343491852013-08-15T18:39:13.912-07:002013-08-15T18:39:13.912-07:00I was hiking once in an area of the north santa mo...I was hiking once in an area of the north santa monica mountains by CSUCI when my mom saw a critter which she described as a cat like raccoon- most likely a ringtail. The area is locally famous as the "scary dairy" an old abandoned dairy farm nestled in the hills by what was once the Camarillo Mental Hospital (now CSUCI). <br /><br />In addition to beaver look out for reference to pronghorn antelope, jaguar, and wolf some of the other forgotten fauna of California. Duane Nashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14467779935085970909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057774701394069566.post-34812388630091224822013-08-14T22:52:32.531-07:002013-08-14T22:52:32.531-07:00It's the mechanisms that matter here. Most peo...It's the mechanisms that matter here. Most people only seen what's on the surface, but never consider mechanisms. Years ago back in the very early 1990s, there was a great article published in a Ranching magazine [can't remember which], that spoke about the benefits to Ranchers placing beaver on their ranches with the goal of slowing water down and causing it to back upwards and swell deep into the landscape which beavers facilitate by raising water levels. Riparian Trees are great water shunts which transport water from the immediate source of the stream, pond, lake etc hundreds of feet away to other landscape via the mycorrhizal web network.<br /><br /> I'm still pouring the diaries of Juan Bautista de Anza and Fray Pedro Font looking for clues about any references to beaver or possible fur trapping trades. In my Hamilton Creek post, I referenced a book called 'Around Anza Valley' by Margaret Wellman. It has a tone of historical photos of the early days of where many made a living in trapping and killing animals for their fur. The photos show a very large mount of Ringtail Cats, which are not even listed on the Chaparral Institute's list of animals, although they reference the extinct California Grizzly Bear. I have actually seen one Ringtail Cat in Burnt Valley location where I used to live in Anza CA. So there is no doubt in my mind that the Beaver were most likely trapped out. <br /><br />I use to take my Son to Temecula Creek and Murrieta Creek which runs through old town Temecula. In the 1990s, there were still lots of beaver, but the authorities hated them. Last time I was there, everything was gone and the flood Channels were concrete, you know, just the way they like it ?Chaparral Earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618976919417073750noreply@blogger.com