Vermont is weighing a controversial plan to trap and remove beavers from 21 state-owned dams in order to mitigate blockages and ensure infrastructural integrity.

The town is considering whether to purchase a device that would stop beavers from causing damage to a local pond and flooding in the area. For the past few years, beavers built dams that caused water ...

particularly since there are old beaver dams in the area slated to get patched up as part of the project. Forest thinning will also make space for aspens, a tree species beavers love to munch on.