In response to the letter from Ken Johnson (Gazette, Jan. 20) I should point out that I do live in Braeside but I am not a member of the “Braeside centric friends of the St. Albert River Valley." I do walk along the river valley several times a week so Mr. Johnson would doubtless classify me as a NIMBY-ist.
However, before he puts down Matt Wheatley’s analysis as: "the only reality is apparently the observed location of a muskrat in Braeside several decades ago," I would suggest Mr. Johnson visit the locale. There is ample recent evidence of vigorous beaver activity on the south riparian region west of the Boudreau bridge, and muskrats are plentiful.
Michael Pickard, St. Albert
