The Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center (BEEC) http://www.beec.org/ has received a substantial grant to promote knowledge, understanding and action on behalf of our Beaver inhabitants specifically in the towns of Westminster and Halifax. The Living Earth Action Group will be a principle partner in implimenting the various programs in our community over the next several weeks and months, along with the Westminster, VT | Conservation Commission (westminstervt.org), and the Windmill Hill Pinnacle Association.
Beaver Mom rescuing one of her kits from a dam burst at Sand Hill Marsh in Putney caused by recent heavy rains
---image from Friends of Sand Hill
Beavers are a keystone species vital to the creation and maintenance of healthy ecosystems. The Beaver has been a Co-Creator of the North American landscape since long before we two leggeds arrived here, either First Peoples or us Moderns -- by at least a million years!
A working group of the partners is meeting to plan fun and educational public events, meetings with town officials, expert presentations, installation of a beaver deceiver, community discussions and more! Stay tuned for further announcements.
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