There’s a small storm brewing in our near-neighbor Essex about – of all things – beavers! The Essex Conservation Commission voted unanimously at a Nov. 6 meeting to pursue the possible lethal trapping of beavers in a pond at Viney Brook Park. The proposed trapping, which would be carried out by a state licensed trapper who had worked with the commission previously, has drawn an outcry from Essex residents.
As a result of complaints to the Essex Board of Selectmen, the conservation commission will now discuss the trapping at its next regular meeting on Dec. 4. The meeting is set for 7:30 p.m. at the Essex Town Hall.
Click here to read our sister online newspaper ValleyNewsNow.com, which is packed with Letters to the Editor on the subject.
What? A Conservation Committee Planning on lethally trapping a creature that is part of a natural ecosystem? Now that’s truly Intolerance!