Until it was virtually banned in Washington, trapping was a good management tool.If you don’t believe that, ask the folks around Loon Lake what they think of the beaver with an appetite for their ornamental trees.Mention the muskrats that like to build their nests in Styrofoam docks.Both those fur-bearers are doing what they have been doing for eons, but when they compete with expanding civilization, they become “pests.”
Source: Alan Liere: The marvels of a contemporary trap line | The Spokesman-Review
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