Interior Wildlife Rehabilitation Society in B.C. developing framework for beaver translocation
The pilot uses tagging, cameras and field scorecards to track two rehabilitated beavers and test a process officials say could guide future relocations.
- The Interior Wildlife Rehabilitation Society successfully translocated two orphaned beavers, Nelson and Tina, to a new Okanagan wetland habitat; monitoring data confirms the pair remains at the site a week and a half after release.
- Nelson and Tina arrived at the Summerland facility in 2024 as orphaned kits, requiring two years of rehabilitation after they were found separately wandering outside a wetland.
- Collaborating with Westbank First Nation and Ntityix Resources, the society assessed the site using a Beaver Restoration Assessment tool, while researchers track the beavers with Passive Integrated Transponder tags and remote cameras.
- Eva Hartmann, founder of the Interior Wildlife Rehabilitation Society, noted that current government policy lacks a framework for individual wildlife relocation, complicating the translocation process.
- By successfully monitoring Nelson and Tina, the society hopes to provide a scalable relocation model reflecting a shared commitment with First Nations to steward the land and support watershed health.
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Interior Wildlife Rehabilitation Society in B.C. developing framework for beaver translocation - Fort St. James Caledonia Courier
Beavers Nelson and Tina from the Interior Wildlife Rehabilitation Society are helping shape the future of relocation for the species. The pair first came to the rehabilitation centre in the summer of 2024. “Tina was still at nursing age; they were both far too young to be wandering alone outside of their respective lodges,” reads the release by Interior Wildlife Rehabilitation Society. “These kits were not conflict beavers, but orphaned and tran…
Interior Wildlife Rehabilitation Society in B.C. developing framework for beaver translocation - Vanderhoof Omineca Express
Beavers Nelson and Tina from the Interior Wildlife Rehabilitation Society are helping shape the future of relocation for the species. The pair first came to the rehabilitation centre in the summer of 2024. “Tina was still at nursing age; they were both far too young to be wandering alone outside of their respective lodges,” reads the release by Interior Wildlife Rehabilitation Society. “These kits were not conflict beavers, but orphaned and tran…
Interior Wildlife Rehabilitation Society in B.C. developing framework for beaver translocation - Northern Sentinel
Beavers Nelson and Tina from the Interior Wildlife Rehabilitation Society are helping shape the future of relocation for the species. The pair first came to the rehabilitation centre in the summer of 2024. “Tina was still at nursing age; they were both far too young to be wandering alone outside of their respective lodges,” reads the release by Interior Wildlife Rehabilitation Society. “These kits were not conflict beavers, but orphaned and tran…
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Interior Wildlife Rehabilitation Society in B.C. developing framework for beaver translocation
Beavers Nelson and Tina from the Interior Wildlife Rehabilitation Society are helping shape the future of relocation for the species. The pair first came to the rehabilitation centre in the summer of 2024. “Tina was still at nursing age; they were both far too young to be wandering alone outside of their respective lodges,” reads the release by Interior Wildlife Rehabilitation Society. “These kits were not conflict beavers, but orphaned and tran…
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