The dam building is just a clever way to ensure a stash of fresh greens, but it is a plan that comes with certain risks. In order to survive the winter months, a beaver must build a lodge in a pond.
But if you have a river and a beaver it may be possible to halt this process. These furry sharp-toothed rodents build dams on waterways to create a pond, inside which they build a "lodge" where ...
To the editor: Every day I walk down the road that splits the Stockbridge watershed lake and a lily pad pond. The pond has a very large beaver hut and a small beaver dam and supports river otters, ...