Noticed the creek beside the shop at work getting deeper and not moving, hummm, so under further inspection I think we found the problem. And I thought chainsaws made nice chips ! This tree (around 16-17" ) would take out the power and cross the road if left to continue. We called the Game Warden and he said he would call in a trapper right away cause what you see here is just the start of a big problem. Beavers can cause lots of damage uncontrolled. My camera started acting up in the cold weather but the further down stream you go the more stumps you find.
I hates Beavers, they got in my pond a couple of years ago. They kept damming up the overflow. The good thing is I'm more obnoxious then they are. When winter came I kept blocking their access holes with plywood and cinder blocks. Come spring time they were gone.
Trapping season should be open soon http://wildlife.ohiodnr.gov/hunting...ing-trapping-regulations/trapping-regulations
Lol I thought you went at the tree with an axe Beavers must be pesky critters, that's some serious damage
Thats what the Warden said Dave, but when we tried to go further down stream there was a big size pond forming that was never there before and it cut us off from getting to see the actual dam and huts so the boss told him to bring someone in that would be better than us at trapping them out. I got to get a weatherproof camera, I couldn't get the best pics.
Nature program on PBS replayed a one hour program on beavers this past week. Sure can be pesty when there "trade" is not needed. I found this amusing letter and response a few years back. Take the time to read it for a chuckle! http://www.snopes.com/humor/letters/dammed.asp
About 8 years ago beavers started showing up on my parents property, who live along 1/2 mile of a decent sized stream/river. Every year they construct a dam out of rocks, sticks, logs, and corn stalks they steal from the farmer. They sometimes raise the water level about 12", but by the next spring rain and floods always destroy their work and they start over in the exact same spot. Personally I think it's pretty cool to see what they do, and occasionally I'll see one while fishing and see him swat his tail on the water. Around here they haven't become problems yet.
Sounds like a go around I had with WI dnr many years ago about a ditch next to the road way- we wanted to construct a temporary bridge for logging the property- them calling it a navigable stream and that it was not possible for us to do that. It got involved and heated before they got around to even looking at the area in question- beaucrats sheesh.
Wow. We used to have them but they are gone now. Ours never left any quarters though like yours seem to do.
