This is a double spring, wrought iron animal trap likely used to trap beaver around 1810-1830 or earlier. Baited with the musk oil of beaver, the trap would have been set in bodies of water near ...

I’m often asked, “what good is ‘X’ species,” “or “what can ‘X’ species do for me?” Regarding American beavers from a utilitarian view, the answer is that beavers are key to restoration of stream and ...

Beaver trapping is legal in Minnesota, with the DNR noting the animals are "abundant" in Minnesota and in some cases can cause property damage.

ASHLAND, Ore. – Oregon State Senator Jeff Golden held a town hall meeting over the weekend at the Ashland Library, where he discussed the outcomes of the recently concluded special legislative session ...

“These streams are all non-natal nursery streams that are absolutely critically important to salmon survival,” explains Wayne ...

Thanks to their impressive building skills, beavers are a keystone species—an animal whose activities support its entire ...

Proponents argued the beaver trapping ban in HB 3932 does not encompass private lands or unimpaired waterways on public property, leaving 96% of lands in Oregon open to the practice.

Beaver trapping would be prohibited along impaired waterways on public lands in Oregon under a bill that’s headed for a vote in the House. Supporters of House Bill 3932, including […] ...

If you stop into the U.P. Trappers Convention & Outdoor Expo at the U.P. State Fairgrounds Friday and Saturday, you could ...

A beaver forages in an Oregon stream. Beavers are considered nature's engineers and a new law prohibits trapping beavers on polluted waterways so that they can help clean them up.