The following blog by our wonderful guest Mike Digout explains the "what could be" in a future where Scottish folk and Scottish beavers live in harmony. Mike is lucky enough to live in Canada with a thriving beaver population and a relationship with our beaver friends...
Today, Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) released its Beaver Licensing Summary for 2019. The report confirms that between 1 May and 31 December last year, 87 protected beavers were killed under government licence. (This figure represents roughly one fifth of Scotland’s...
Beaver in Bavaria: Lessons for Scotland If you want to take your knowledge of Beaver Management to a higher level, there is a simple solution: sign-up for one of the bi-annual 5-day courses in Bavaria led by Derek Gow, Roisin Campbell-Palmer and legendary beaver...
On 1st May 2019 Eurasian beavers in Scotland join the list of protected species. Scottish Wild Beaver Group has campaigned for many years for this outcome and is delighted with this news. The Government’s statement on their website is as follows: 'Beaver populations...
A year ago today the Scottish Government stated that they would lay legislation to protect beavers in Scotland before Parliament in the first half of 2018. Now over a year later, the government is no closer to providing Scotland's beavers the protection they need. In...
This is a really critical moment for beavers in Scotland and you can help things go the beavers’ way. Soon the legislation allowing beavers to remain in Scotland will be debated in the Scottish Parliament. Before that can happen, the Scottish Government is obliged to...
Why the return of Scotland’s native beavers is not comparable to the situation of invasive non native beavers in Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia.
The Ramsar Convention for the protection of wetlands came into force in 1975, the UK joined a year later and currently has 154 sites, 51 of which are in Scotland. According to the Convention we must look after these sites and work towards sustainable development by...
SWBG is absolutely delighted at Environment Minister, Roseanna Cunningham MSP’s decision to give legal protection and native status to beavers in Scotland. We would like to congratulate all our members and Social Media supporters and all the people who have campaigned...
After an immensely long wait the Scottish Government made an announcement on the 23rd March 2016 regarding the legal protection of beavers. The decision was essential a decision not to decide until the autumn but to discourage farmers from killing beavers during the...