Trapping to Protect Your Homestead

[Mike H.]

Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled “Trapping to Protect Your Homestead” and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/trapping-to-protect-your-homestead/.

 

[Sld1959]

My uncle had a smallish lake on his property. We used to fish in it occasionally. One time we were out in the canoe just floating by the wind pushing us around having some sandwiches and pop while fishing and he was telling me about all the beaver sign he had been seeing recently.

I looked over and there was a huge poplar tree by the edge not 10 feet from where we had drifted to. The beaver had been chewing it and it looked like it was standing by a pencil width to me lol.

We got out of there as fast as we could paddle. With that wind we were lucky it had not broken and sent us right to the bottom for a watery grave with a tree on top us.

 

[Talyn]

Beavers create ponds that are good for fish & fishing, help store water during drought periods and recharge the aquifer, and beaver ponds help regulate high water flows. All of which helps riparian health.

The removal of beavers results in riparian areas not functioning properly, and leads to greater erosion.

But if you're inclined to build in a flood plain then Mother Nature, not beavers, will eventually cause problems.

 

[somorris]

Thanks for the article, Mike.

I agree with Talyn. Beavers are largely beneficial.

 

[mikep]

Beavers create ponds that are good for fish & fishing, help store water during drought periods and recharge the aquifer, and beaver ponds help regulate high water flows. All of which helps riparian health.

The removal of beavers results in riparian areas not functioning properly, and leads to greater erosion.

But if you're inclined to build in a flood plain then Mother Nature, not beavers, will eventually cause problems.

Thanks. Never knew that.