r/wetlands

While looking into the current situation about the capybaras of Nordelta, I found a petition created by a group of local residents called “La voz de los Carpinchos somos su voz.”

The petition currently has nearly 50,000 verified signatures and calls for solutions that focus on changing the environment rather than simply treating the capybaras as the problem.

Among its demands are restoring suitable habitat and creating biological corridors, creating safer wildlife crossings, removing electric fencing, regular population monitoring by specialists, speed controls at dangerous crossings, and a greater transparency regarding interventions involving the capybaras.

I found this very interesting because several of these proposals are closely related to the broader habitat and welfare issues we've discussed here before. I'm sharing it primarily as something for the community to read and evaluate for themselves, rather than asking everyone to automatically support every claim made by the organizers.

https://www.change.org/p/protejamos-a-los-carpinchos-de-nordelta-ya?recruiter=1365752787&recruited_by_id=b1427460-ede9-11ef-b26a-b3fdbb9e1145&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_medium=copylink&utm_content=cl_sharecopy_490426059_es-AR%3A0&redirect_reason=deprecated-url

Hi everyone, I wanted to share a resource I’ve been developing for environmental professionals working with wetlands, streams, and other aquatic resources in California.

It’s called BlueLine Environmental Institute, and the goal is to provide practical training on aquatic resource delineation, permitting, and California’s regulatory landscape. The site currently includes field workshops, online trainings, and free resources all centered around aquatic resource delineation and regulatory practices.

I built BlueLine because aquatic resource work in California can involve a pretty complicated mix of federal and state requirements, and I wanted to create resources that focus on how these issues actually come up in day-to-day consulting and project work.

For anyone working in this space, I’d also genuinely be interested in hearing what topics or challenges you think would be useful to cover in future resources or trainings.

You can check it out at bluelineinstitute.com