Moving beavers from their established homes is wrong.
Two public information meetings will be held by the Agency of Natural Resources next week to discuss how upcoming dam safety rules may affect the management of state-owned, manmade dams that have been impacted by beavers.
As one of two founders of the Vermont Beaver Association, I am proud to say we were created by Addison County residents, and we’ve had a fantastic year. In collaboration with organizations and educators across Vermont, we’ve had projects all over the stat … (read more)
Standing on the berm of a small pond, I watch the resident beaver leave its lodge, a silhouetted nose moving through the water.
Beaver expert Skip Lisle of Grafton last Thursday constructed a flow device at a culvert under Route 125 near the Robert Frost Interpretive Trail in Ripton.
Wildlife Specialist Tyler Brown of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department will give a free PowerPoint presentation titled “Leave it to Beaver” on Saturday, Jan. 7, from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Salisbury Congregational Church.
The six-person committee, called Working with Wildlife, is raising funds to purchase devices that will offer the town a nonlethal means of handling the beavers and their dams in the Hollow Road area and other parts of Monkton.
Your police log on July 8 noted that police “responded to reports of a distressed beaver on Main Street. … Police guided the animal back into the Otter Creek.”Some years ago — perhaps 2007 — the Independent had a similar report, although in that case, the … (read more)
Backyard chickens are a thing, but how about backyard beavers? Sure they don’t lay eggs, but they’ll redesign your landscape for ya. Joking aside, having a family of beavers move in is pretty special; and having them stay for five years is incredible. Tha … (read more)
BRISTOL — If you’ve walked the trails on the lands of The Watershed Center in Bristol during the past several months, you know that the beavers who call that land home are doing what they do best — felling trees, building dams, creating ponds. During the … (read more)
MONKTON — On a warm sunny Friday afternoon last month, Theresa Payea, dressed in waders, stood atop a well-established beaver dam in Monkton Pond (also known as Cedar Lake). Payea was there, along with a few other members of the newly re-established Cedar … (read more)
