Work on Alta Vista road results in removal of beaver habitat

By Brandon Barrett
Conservationist calls it ‘textbook example’ of Resort Municipality of Whistler prioritizing infrastructure over wildlife

Recent work by the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) to prevent damage to a road in Alta Vista, which resulted in the removal of a beaver dam from a nearby pond, is “a textbook example” of the RMOW putting infrastructure over wildlife habitat, according to a longtime local conservationist. Last month, the municipality began work in the neighbourhood to ensure the integrity of the road on Hillcrest Drive after a beaver dam had caused the water of the pond to rise “to a level that it was seeping underneath the road,” which was “at risk of failure,” explained Whistler Mayor Jack Crompton.…

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• Whistler News

October 3, 2019

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