{"id":8376,"date":"2017-06-15T09:44:14","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T13:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dunany.ca\/?p=8376"},"modified":"2018-02-13T09:59:49","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T14:59:49","slug":"will-the-beavers-find-their-favorite-food-on-your-shoreline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dunany.ca\/en\/will-the-beavers-find-their-favorite-food-on-your-shoreline\/8376","title":{"rendered":"Will the Beavers Find their Favorite Food on your Shoreline?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is my spring beaver report. I will answer the question at the end of this Post.<\/p>\n

As of last weekend, there were beavers on every lake except Boyd<\/strong>, usually the beavers favourite lake. A miracle of sort. Touch wood!<\/p>\n

But they have been active in the other lakes, especially on Curran<\/strong> where they never stop building a dam in the outlet. Our trapper hopes to have the problem solved by the end of June.<\/p>\n

A colony has also taken residence on Black but no damage has been reported yet. Again, more work for our trapper.<\/p>\n

Finally, I saw a couple on Clear<\/strong> a few weeks ago and they have feasted again on my shoreline where their favourite food is still abundant. This year they decided to gulp a really pretty dappled willow.<\/a> The lady did not appreciate at all!<\/p>\n

The beavers favourite food is definitely alder.<\/a><\/p>\n

Here is what it looks like on my shoreline.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

If they cannot\u00a0 it find it, they will eat birch, cherry trees, poplar, willow, aspen and cottonwood.<\/p>\n

One piece of advice. If you have valuable trees on your shoreline it would be a good idea to protect them. Here is an illustration as to how to do it. The 2×2 inch mesh should be about four feet high. And leave room for the tree to grow.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We will always have beavers in and around our lakes. Our trapper cannot be everywhere. All we can do is control the beaver population and prevent serious damage to our assets.<\/p>\n

And do not be afraid of them, they are herbivores. Don’t even eat fish!<\/p>\n

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