AI-assisted research summary: This regulation sets rules for owners removing or destroying beaver dams or lodges, including when beavers may be killed, how trapping and firearm use must be done, what dam or lodge materials may be removed, and limits on selling or using beaver parts.
Beaver Dam and Lodge Removal Regulation, M.R. 52/2021 The Wildlife Act , C.C.S.M. c. W130 Regulation 52/2021 Registered June 28, 2021 bilingual version (HTML) Table of Contents Section 1 Definitions 2 Purpose 3 Killing beavers associated with dam or lodge 4 Trapping requirements 5 Firearm requirements 6 Beaver dam and lodge removal requirements 7 No sale or use of beaver pelt 8 Coming into force Definitions 1 The following definitions apply in this regulation. "Act" means The Wildlife Act . («  Loi  ») "owner" means the person who owns the property within which a beaver dam or beaver lodge is located. (« propriétaire ») Purpose 2 The purpose of this regulation is to set out the requirements that must be followed by owners of private land who are destroying or removing a beaver dam or beaver lodge under section 40.1 of the Act. Killing beavers associated with dam or lodge 3(1) Before any activity to destroy or remove a beaver dam or beaver lodge is undertaken, the owner must ensure that reasonable efforts are made to kill any beavers living in the area around the dam or living in the lodge. 3(2) The owner or a person authorized by the owner may kill beavers under authority of this regulation only by trapping or with a firearm. 3(3) The owner or a person authorized by the owner may kill a beaver under authority of this regulation at any time of year without being required to hold a licence or permit or complete any trapper or hunter education program. Trapping requirements 4 A person trapping beavers under authority of this regulation must conduct the trapping in accordance with the Trapping of Wild Animals Regulation , Manitoba Regulation 245/90, except for sections 10.1 and 12. Firearm requirements 5 A person killing beavers under authority of this regulation with a firearm may only use a rimfire rifle or a shotgun with shot. Beaver dam and lodge removal requirements 6(1) The owner is responsible for ensuring compliance with the following requirements and prohibitions respecting the destruction or removal of a beaver dam or beaver lodge: (a) no alteration or modification of the bank or the bed of the water body is permitted; (b) the only items that may be removed are material used to construct the dam or lodge, any food cache and any associated debris that has accumulated against the dam or lodge; (c) if multiple beaver dams are to be destroyed or removed, the downstream dam must be destroyed or removed first. 6(2) The destruction or removal of a beaver dam must not result in water flow exceeding the downstream channel capacity. No sale or use of beaver pelt 7 A person must not sell, barter or otherwise make use of the pelt or any other part of a beaver killed under authority of this regulation, unless they have obtained a permit that authorizes such activities. Coming into force 8 This regulation comes into force on July 1, 2021.