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.

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.

MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - Beavers have been adding a dam of their own to state operations, but now the state says it has to stop. Vermont’s Agency of Natural Resources owns about 100 dams ...

So far, the website has identified a handful of sites around the state where beaver activity is in close proximity to residential properties. A characteristic feature of beaver dams is wetlands ...

independent biologists to get the ecosystem to the point where beavers could come back.” Beaver dams and activity can help store water, improve water quality, boost biodiversity, and even create ...