Beaver Damage Control
Most of the damage caused by beavers is a result of dam building, bank burrowing, tree cutting, or flooding. Some southeastern states where beaver damage is extensive have estimated the cost at $3 million to $5 million dollars annually for timber loss; crop losses; roads, dwellings, and flooded property; and other damage. In some states, tracts of bottomland hardwood timber up to several thousand acres in size may been lost because of beaver. Some unusual cases observed include state highways flooded because of beaver ponds, reservoir dams destroyed by bank den burrows collapsing, and train derailments caused by continued flooding and burrowing. Housing developments have been threatened by beaver dam flooding, and thousands of acres of cropland and young pine plantations have been flooded by beaver dams. Road, ditches, drain pipes, and culverts have been stopped up so badly that they had to be dynamited out and replaced. Some bridges have been destroyed because of beaver dam-building activity.
Identifying beaver damage generally is not difficult. Signs include dams; dammed-up culverts, bridges, or drain pipes resulting in flooded lands, timber, roads, and crops; cut-down or girdled trees and crops; lodges and burrows in ponds, reservoir levees, and dams. In large watersheds, it may be difficult to locate bank dens. However, the limbs, cuttings, and debris around such areas as well as dams along tributaries usually help pinpoint the area.
Destruction of beaver dams alone is not recommended, as it does nothing to make the area unattractive for beavers. If you destroy the dam without eliminating the beaver they will rebuild, often starting the same day. They will use some new trees for repairs and this may accelerate the damage you were trying to stop in the first place.
If you have beavers affecting your home, or business property you have come to the right place for professional help. We are professional beaver trappers or wildlife control technicians. Our main line of work is to remove beavers that enter into properties destroying trees, willows and causing property damage or flooding. Some examples are:
Beavers traveling along water ways may destroy, cut down, or damage trees and willows on your property. Beavers create large lodges and dams which flood causing damage to foundations of businesses or homes. Beavers also divert river or water ways flooding highways and golf courses.
Our Beaver Control Programs consist of non-lethal and lethal trapping, dam removal, beaver relocation, habitat modifications, tree rapping, fencing, water deceivers and more. Trapping, in most situations where beavers are causing damage, is the most effective, practical and environmentally safe method of control. We use the most current beaver trapping, and control techniques. If you have a beaver problem, contact us or give us a call to schedule professional coaching or our beaver removal services.
