Rob Rich

So I do a lot of like habitat and species inventories and assessments. and kind of just trying to sense the life that's out there, so to speak. And one of the more complicated issues that I find a lot of times is with invasive species.

So I do a lot of like habitat and species inventories and assessments. and kind of just trying to sense the life that's out there, so to speak. And one of the more complicated issues that I find a lot of times is with invasive species.

So I do a lot of like habitat and species inventories and assessments. and kind of just trying to sense the life that's out there, so to speak. And one of the more complicated issues that I find a lot of times is with invasive species.

And as we mentioned, beavers are not an invasive species through anywhere in North America, but they can be woven in with species that were not here when they got here. But I'm thinking plants in particular, but reed canary grass, Japanese knotweed are some. And so when those enter in their areas, they can kind of complicate what the beaver is doing because those are not

And as we mentioned, beavers are not an invasive species through anywhere in North America, but they can be woven in with species that were not here when they got here. But I'm thinking plants in particular, but reed canary grass, Japanese knotweed are some. And so when those enter in their areas, they can kind of complicate what the beaver is doing because those are not

And as we mentioned, beavers are not an invasive species through anywhere in North America, but they can be woven in with species that were not here when they got here. But I'm thinking plants in particular, but reed canary grass, Japanese knotweed are some. And so when those enter in their areas, they can kind of complicate what the beaver is doing because those are not

willow rich areas with the nice woody shrubs that they need on. But at the same time, beavers can be sometimes a vector for helping those to spread inadvertently. And so they're just wrapped in this mess that we have made for them that I don't have answers all the time to how to deal with that. But in some areas, riparian invasive species can be pretty tricky with beaver.

willow rich areas with the nice woody shrubs that they need on. But at the same time, beavers can be sometimes a vector for helping those to spread inadvertently. And so they're just wrapped in this mess that we have made for them that I don't have answers all the time to how to deal with that. But in some areas, riparian invasive species can be pretty tricky with beaver.

willow rich areas with the nice woody shrubs that they need on. But at the same time, beavers can be sometimes a vector for helping those to spread inadvertently. And so they're just wrapped in this mess that we have made for them that I don't have answers all the time to how to deal with that. But in some areas, riparian invasive species can be pretty tricky with beaver.

And it's a really sad thing to see them wrapped into.

And it's a really sad thing to see them wrapped into.

And it's a really sad thing to see them wrapped into.

You know, that's a great question. I've asked that of others and myself as well. I kind of go back and forth. I don't have a hard way. I don't think there's an answer to that.

You know, that's a great question. I've asked that of others and myself as well. I kind of go back and forth. I don't have a hard way. I don't think there's an answer to that.

You know, that's a great question. I've asked that of others and myself as well. I kind of go back and forth. I don't have a hard way. I don't think there's an answer to that.

Yeah, I mean, I might sound like it's generalizing too much, but just the sheer feat of existence is really amazing to me. And in the fact that I mean that we talked about winter already and how they survive in these really cold is just a very fascinating thing to me. The fact that, again, they have winnowed down from 33 different genera of beavers to this one genus that survives today.

Yeah, I mean, I might sound like it's generalizing too much, but just the sheer feat of existence is really amazing to me. And in the fact that I mean that we talked about winter already and how they survive in these really cold is just a very fascinating thing to me. The fact that, again, they have winnowed down from 33 different genera of beavers to this one genus that survives today.

Yeah, I mean, I might sound like it's generalizing too much, but just the sheer feat of existence is really amazing to me. And in the fact that I mean that we talked about winter already and how they survive in these really cold is just a very fascinating thing to me. The fact that, again, they have winnowed down from 33 different genera of beavers to this one genus that survives today.

And they made it through the gauntlet of the fur trade and all these things. And they are still here persisting and enduring and doing what they do. It blows my mind. There haven't been other animals that have really made it through those type of changes throughout their life history, which is pretty amazing to me.

And they made it through the gauntlet of the fur trade and all these things. And they are still here persisting and enduring and doing what they do. It blows my mind. There haven't been other animals that have really made it through those type of changes throughout their life history, which is pretty amazing to me.