The Industrious Beaver on Pond Rd

Just beyond where the utility company flat cut saplings to the ground an industrious beaver appears to have shown the workers with chain saws how the locals get things done. - Norma Manning

A rotted trunk in the foreground versus three cut down by a beaver. 

Exposing the Phloem 

Beavers are herbivores whose diet consists of 53% woody materials.

Beavers will leave the wind to finish felling their trees.

A beaver uses it's growing teeth (incisors) to cut down trees and strip bark.  

Vernon Post Office Beaver

This past Autumn someone posted on social media that a beaver was working at felling a tree at the Vernon Post office. That report caused quite a ruckus among residents who were very attached to the three maples between the parking lot and the pond. I had heard recently that the beaver had been dispatched, so I took a moment to take a look around and see if I could spot any beaver activity. While I didn't see any signs of recent activity around the lodge, I thought I would post a few pictures anyway of Vernon's unwelcomed resident. - Norma Manning

Beaver lodge at Vernon post office

This culvert under 142 is a passage to wetlands beyond

Attempt to outwit the beaver and save the maple

Beaver lodge with man made dam just beyond

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Vernon Hatchery Winter Walk

We took the opportunity on a sunny Sunday in Feb. to check out the Vernon Hatchery,  but we weren't the first ones there. - Norma Manning