tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035452008612834561.post6563179175411158035..comments2023-11-02T02:52:51.643-05:00Comments on Living on this farm: Beavers in the mist....helpLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02258841354856813410noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035452008612834561.post-34897392074239584462012-02-01T09:33:22.676-06:002012-02-01T09:33:22.676-06:00We have beavers along our creek, too, and I'm ...We have beavers along our creek, too, and I'm worried that they'll take down critical trees that will alter the stream bank enough to alter the course of the creek, cause erosion, etc. But I figure they were here long before I was & they have just as much a right to be here as I do--or more. I talked with some of the Blue Thumb people about it and they seemed to think somewhat similarly. I don't know think the beavers are trying to engineer a dam so much as they're eating the bark and leaves of the trees they're cutting down. They're herbivores. That being said, I haven't cried over the 2 dead beavers the dogs have drug up into the yard! I don't like to see all of the damage they do to the trees either!Alan and Leslie Moyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08489415202309374872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035452008612834561.post-19473909075889121602012-01-23T15:42:01.164-06:002012-01-23T15:42:01.164-06:00Thanks Don, good to know!Thanks Don, good to know!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02258841354856813410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035452008612834561.post-13693652276254513042012-01-23T14:12:11.009-06:002012-01-23T14:12:11.009-06:00The beavers I've been around in Mayes county s...The beavers I've been around in Mayes county seem to be intellectually challenged as dam engineers. Like yours, they cut down trees and then just sort of scatter the parts without building actual ponds which would be welcome. On one hand, they do cut down some big trees but over the last ten years I do not think they have cut them down faster then they regrow so I don't think they have a negative effect on the forest ecology.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com