A company called Midwest Beaver Management has proposed nonlethal methods for managing beaver activity in the village. Wrapping tree trunks with wire fencing to keep beavers from chewing on them ...

Scientist Sammie Clark, with Urban Rivers, inspects multiple tree stumps due to beaver activity in front of townhomes along Bubbly Creek near the South Branch of the Chicago River, Nov. 20, 2024.

“A beaver can take the tree down overnight,” explained Litterst. “So if that was if that was the end game, we would see felled trees, and we have seen that before.

Litterst said the park service sees beaver activity fairly frequently. “There are certain kinds of trees that beavers prefer and, unfortunately, cherry trees are on that list,” he said.

The animals, which are primarily nocturnal, build dams made of branches and tree trunks. Conservation organisations say beaver activity can improve water quality and natural habitats and help to ...

The beaver must keep the incisors worn back by using them daily. The tree damage appears as clean, axe-like cuts at a 45-degree angle.

A hungry beaver is chomping on the Tidal Basin’s cherry trees At least one busy muncher has gnawed away at about 15 cherry trees near the Jefferson Memorial November 21, 2023 More than 1 year ...

Groups of a half-dozen students, between the ages of 3 and 5, take routine tours through the park and began spotting beaver activity in late November, Inman said.

The second compilation, taken just a short distance away from the first, includes a beaver's takedown of a small hemlock. The beaver somehow manages to do this without appearing once on the trail cam.

Mild temperatures and busy beavers I noticed two uncommon things that this beaver did… By Mary F. Willson For the Juneau Empire Tuesday, January 10, 2023 3:15pm News Alaska Outdoors Columns Science ...