Bill banning public land beaver kills heats up legislature
Wildlife advocates are backing a bill to ban the killing of beavers on Colorado public lands, while hunters and trappers point to the proposal and a flurry of recent actions as a concerted effort to block all hunting in the state. Animal protection groups say there is currently no limit on how many beavers can be taken from state or federal land in Colorado, at a time when biologists and forestry experts are making beaver-created wetlands a keystone strategy in fighting the growing wildfire threat. … “We are in drought conditions. We have a historically low snowpack. And we need every ally we can get in this fight against increased wildfires and drought,” said Samantha Miller, a wildlife advocate with the Center for Biological Diversity.
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