Just a warning that if you plan to do bluff or slope stabilization a permit is required in King County and most of the cities therein. You can be cited for illegal leveling and clearing (my old neighbors had practical experience with this) if you undertake this activity. Discouraging Mountain Beavers can be as easy as sticking a long pry bar down their hole and leveraging up, destroying their sometimes massive warren of tunnels. Large rocks can be used to block entrances and some of the commercial animal repellents work well - use one with putrified eggs, capsaicin (or habanero extract), and other irritants rather than poisons - straight ammonia in all of the hole entrances you can find works well too, and it serves as a fertilizer.

Rob Conway
Camas, WA
45.58?N 122.44?W - elevation 310 ft.
robin_birder at hotmail.com





From: Christopher.Anderson at dfw.wa.gov
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 16:41:34 +0000
Subject: [Tweeters] Human-Wildlife Conflict









Howdy Tweets,
The WA Dept. Fish and Wildlife provides information outreach and management techniques regarding mountain beaver, and other species, that may create some occasional strife or become habituated due to various oft human induced situations
where remedy is needed. It is not fun to be at wits? end with the local raccoon, squirrel, or sasquatch?.
Please see our website, Living with Wildlife (Species Fact Sheets):
http://wdfw.wa.gov/living/species/

Although understandably well intended it is illegal to translocate any and all wildlife in Washington (as in most if not all states) for a whole host of factors including species biological needs, scientific findings, and ethical reasons.
Permits are required for translocation or release in the appropriate rare event such as with wildlife rehabilitation entities where release sites meet a number of criteria in providing for increased likelihood of success. This is outlined at the above website.
In dealing specifically with our very common suburban mountain beaver, which generally holds about a football field territory per individual and is fiercely territorial, to the death often ? unless it is the time of year for amore ? can
be managed long-term using exclusionary conflict-reduction techniques from problem areas.

In the event there is concern over e.g. bluff or slope deterioration one can work to implement natural slope stabilization techniques in order to assist with slope and bluff management needs.
A few good references for implementing bluff and slope management can be found here at Ecology?s website:
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/pubs/93-30/index.html
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/pubs/93-31/intro.html
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/pubs/95-107/intro.html

Just a few references for thought and assistance in this arena.
Best,
Chris
__________________________________________________

Chris Anderson
District Biologist
District 12, King County
WA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife - Region 4
16018 Mill Creek Blvd.
Mill Creek, WA 98012
425.775.1311, ext 111
Christopher.Anderson at dfw.wa.gov
http://wdfw.wa.gov
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Want to attract more wildlife to your property?
Check out the WDFW Backyard Wildlife Sanctuary Program:
http://wdfw.wa.gov/living/backyard/










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