Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1918 — Beaver on the Increase In Wisconsin, but Extinction“ Feared Within Few Years: [ARTICLE]

Beaver on the Increase In Wisconsin, but Extinction“ Feared Within Few Years:

Although beaver" are apparently' doemed to extinction, Wisconsin game wardens report an increase In the Lake Superior country, in spite of the work! of poachers. -' ‘ v • < A year or so ago state conservation' wardens received orders to trap th® beaver from the big Blbon swamp, which covers the bottom lands fori miles between Mason and Grand Vlew v Some farmers complained that the daffis built by beavers turned the Bi their lands, and the warfinally ordered to trap the > irdlnary steel traps, wound in the hope of catching without the Infliction of se- , they to be taken alive and to a state game preserve, A few beaver were removed in this way, but there are still quite a number of beaver in the Blbon swamp. 1 In three Wisconsin counties, indud--ing Sawyer and Rush, the season was open during December, but It is not reported that beaver In any large numbers were caught, for it was illegal to set traps within 500 feet of beaver houses, and trappers who confined their operation strictly within legal limits, did not report much success. The poachers, however, levy constant * tribute on the beaver, still remain-. Ing in the country, and in spite of increases reported during the past year, will cause extinction within a few years.