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Lawmakers consider $1.5M grant program to help landowners use nonlethal beaver coexistence tools
Summary
House Bill 3143 would create a $1,500,000 grant program to support private landowners implementing nonlethal beaver coexistence strategies; proponents said devices such as flow-control culvert protectors and fencing are low-cost compared with engineered alternatives and increase landscape water security and wetland benefits.
Representative Pam Marsh opened a public hearing on House Bill 3143, a proposal to create a $1,500,000 grant program to support private landowners who adopt nonlethal beaver coexistence strategies.
Why it matters: Supporters said beavers provide low-cost, natural solutions to water storage, wetland creation and habitat resilience, and that nonlethal options (flow devices, culvert protection, tree fencing and electric fences for orchards) are far less expensive than engineered alternatives. They said the 2023 legislative change that removed beavers’ predatory-animal status and moved management to the Oregon…
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