Beaver Funding Assistance Request
Thanks to a grant from the Nion Robert Thieriot Foundation, the MSPCA has funding to assist with installation of water flow devices to humanely, non-lethally, and ecologically mitigate beaver-related flooding in the Berkshires.
Who can participate? Any individual, town, business, or organization in the Berkshires.
What are the criteria? A willingness (of all parties involved) to resolve problems non-lethally for the long term, a site that is conducive to flow device usage, and permission of the landowners and the local Conservation Commission to install water flow devices.
How do I request assistance? Send a description of your conflict site(s) and the limitations of your budget to the MSPCA for consideration. Starting in the spring, we will evaluate the sites to determine if they are conducive to flow device usage.
Funding assistance: The amount of funding offered to each applicant will depend on the number of requests, the amount of each viable request, and the ability of each requester to pay for part of the flow device, or the maintenance contract for the device, themselves.
Deadline: Requests will be accepted throughout 2013 until funding is exhausted or the flow-device season is over in the late fall.
Requests will be considered in the order in which they are received. Submit ASAP, please.
Send requests to: Linda Huebner, Lhuebner@mspca.org, or via regular mail: to MSPCA, Advocacy Dept., 350 S. Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, 02130.
Please include the following information with requests:
Name: _______________________________ Date: __________________________
Town: ___________________________________________________________________
Phone: ____________________________ Email: ____________________________
Site Description: ___________________________________________________________
Budget limitations: _________________________________________________________
Download Word document to send via email or PDF to send via regular mail
Note: If you have a problem with beaver-related flooding in another part of the state, please contact Linda for more information: Lhuebner@mspca.org
