On November 9th, the Mt Baker Meaningful Movies group hosted a family friendly screening event for LEAVE IT TO BEAVERS. We had a wonderful evening that celebrated our furry friends and which also educated attendees about the challenges that beavers can pose in our modern world. After the movie we had a lively discussion led by April Rhodes from Beavers Northwest. April brought beaver artifacts for kids and parents to look at and she also presented about what her organization is doing to both protect beavers and to mitigate the challenges posed by beaver dams in human inhabited locations. One of the things that she asked SSCAN and Meaningful Movies attendees and organizers to support is a new Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife proposed beaver relocation rule that would create a permit program allowing citizens to offer relocation as an alternative to lethal removal of conflict beaver. Here is a link to the comment page where you can show your support (the page will remain open through mid December): https://publicinput.com/beaver.
Curious about the movie? Here is a description: Our warming climate is resulting in summers with dry creeks, wildfires, famines, fish die-outs… What do we do? LEAVE IT TO BEAVERS!! This movie is a fascinating tale (tail?) of beavers in North America – their history, their near extinction, and their current comeback. Our Beaver friends can help us with our environmental challenges. Learn more about beavers and all the ways they can help us at our upcoming family friendly, in-person event at the Mt Baker Community Club on November 9th! Bring the kids and tell your friends. We’ll provide snacks and a fun, free evening out for the whole family!
A growing number of scientists, conservationists and grass-roots environmentalists regard beavers as overlooked tools when it comes to reversing disastrous effects of global climate change and world-wide water shortages. Once hunted as pests or for their fur, these industrious rodents are seen here in a new light through the eyes of this novel assembly of beaver enthusiasts and beaver “employers” who reveal the ways in which the presence of beavers can transform and revive landscapes. As brilliant hydro-engineers, beavers are being recruited to accomplish everything from re-establishing water sources in bone-dry deserts to supporting whole communities of wildlife drawn to the revitalizing aquatic ecosystems their ponds provide.
A dam good movie.