COMMON COMPLAINTS: 

Beavers are usually classified as a pest species due to their habits of building dams. The most common complaints include the following:

• Areas flooded due to beaver dam.

• Creeks destroyed by beaver activity.

• Trees are destroyed by beaver activity.

For these reasons, many people wish to have this nuisance animal trapped and removed. Beavers form family units of around eight members, and mark their territory with urine-marked mud puddles. They are primarily nocturnal, and gnaw down trees and twigs, and bring them back to the home den. They store twigs for feeding. They are good engineers, and build dams in streams to make a pond. They build a lodge within this pond, in which they live. They will also build canals in order to travel and transport wood. The main problem is that they flood areas with their dams. This can cause a number of problems, such as timber loss, flooding of property, or flooding of roadways.