WHEREAS, there is an overabundance of beavers in Louisiana and they are rapidly destroying timber, and
WHEREAS, prices on beaver pelts are not enough of an incentive for Louisiana trappers to adequately control the beaver population and curtail the damage they are causing, and
WHEREAS, incentives for beaver control are needed.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Louisiana Wildlife Federation urges that incentives be made available to aid in controlling the state’s beaver population.
Adopted by the Louisiana Wildlife Federation in convention assembled, March 12, 2000 in Alexandria, Louisiana.