{"id":187909,"date":"2025-10-03T18:43:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T18:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/187909\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T18:43:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T18:43:09","slug":"theyre-doing-me-a-favor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/187909\/","title":{"rendered":"‘They’re doing me a favor’"},"content":{"rendered":"

A ranch owner thanked his neighbors for being wild animals \u2014 and that’s because the beavers have helped keep his plants under control.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lawmakers hope the introduction of new beaver protections in Oregon will help the environment in multiple ways, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting<\/a>. From providing habitats for other animals to preserving drinking water, beavers have a significant impact on their surroundings.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Having beavers around has been particularly beneficial for Ron Jackson, a retired pilot and ranch owner who lives near Prineville, Oregon. Jackson told OPB that beaver dams help maintain the foliage on his 23-acre property.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Some of this stuff grows so wild, they’re doing me a favor,” Jackson said. “I don’t want to run them off, unless they become a huge pest. And they’re not.”<\/p>\n

The beaver effect goes much further than foliage. Their dams raise the water table, which keeps water on the landscape and preserves wetlands, per the U.S. Forest Service<\/a>. In fact, the Forest Service linked the lack of beavers to increasingly intense wildfires<\/a> on the West Coast.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Beaver dams provide many benefits for other animal species, too. Some studies found that dams help clean polluted waters<\/a>. Other research<\/a> has shown that beavers have a strong impact on the salmon populations, as their dams also create habitats for juvenile salmon.\u00a0<\/p>\n


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It was reported that about 1,100 beavers<\/a> in Oregon were killed every year between 2020 and 2023 for their fur. The state recently passed two bills to increase protection for beavers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to OPB, House Bill 3464<\/a> will reclassify the animals as “furbearing” rather than “predatory.” House Bill 3932<\/a> is designed to restrict trapping along “impaired” waterways.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fran Recht, a retired habitat manager<\/a>, told OPB that she is in favor of beaver protection laws because the animals continue to provide various protections for humans and the environment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“With the climate crisis and fires and droughts, we’ve got to get beavers back on the landscape,” Recht said. “And one of the big tools is restricting hunting and trapping.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

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