Oakland-Wawanesa eyeing ways to manage beavers
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The Municipality of Oakland-Wawanesa is researching methods to deal with beaver populations and dams in order to improve water flow through the region.
Council decided last month to investigate ways that other municipalities handle the large rodent, which blocks waterways to build ponds for protection and food security.
Head of council Dave Kreklewich said Friday that the problem with water blockages pops up in various parts of the municipality, and a common complaint is that beavers prevent water from draining off farmers’ land.
“They block a lot of waterways and create a lot of havoc for stuff like culverts,” Kreklewich said. “With spring runoff, it doesn’t allow it to flow through.
“So we’re always concerned about beavers and trying to deal with them in the proper way.”
Kreklewich said the municipality has not settled on any concrete plans of action yet. The issue centres around the spring season, so council might make use of the time before then to review ideas before moving forward, he said.
He said he did not believe Wawanesa has looked at setting a bounty on beavers, a strategy deployed by the nearby Municipality of Glenboro-South Cypress.
In late April, one of the trappers utilized by that municipality said he had caught 18 beavers over three weeks and 48 the previous year.
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