[AT] Real farmers problems - a discussionoflanduserelatedtofarming - was fuel problemsgetexpensive-perspectivesandreactions

[Ralph Goff]

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From: "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
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> Al, that is particularly true with the beaver since there were no beavers 
> in
> coastal NC until wildlife brought them here in the 70's (I can't prove 
> that
> but it is a widely held belief around here)
> Since the time they showed up they've destroyed countless dollars worth of
> timber and turned dry land into federally protected wetlands.   As best I
> can tell there is no reason or purpose for them in our ecosystem.   Big 
> rats
> with big teeth and a flat tail.  Don't get me wrong.  I like to look at 
> them
> but they are out of control.
>
> Charlie

Those big rodents are a problem here too Charlie. I remember when they first 
showed up in the area about 1970 on my Uncles farm. They thought it was 
great to see these new creatures on the farm.. Now they are one of the 
biggest pests. Not so much the trees they chew down because we have plenty 
of them but its the dams they build and flood farmland. I've got one half 
section I farm that has become two separate fields within the last few 
years. Just too wet to get across and I have to go around by the road with 
machinery. An extra mile and a half at least. I'd shoot them all if I had 
the time but I don't.

Ralph in Sask.