![Beavers & Boathouses: Castor canadensis damage (Source: Geo Davis) Beavers & Boathouses: Castor canadensis damage (Source: Geo Davis)](https://i0.wp.com/www.rosslynredux.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Beavers-Boathouses-150819-01.jpg?resize=550%2C366&ssl=1)
We noticed yesterday that a beaver (or beavers?) have selected a pair of trees on our neighbor’s waterfront to sharpen their teeth.
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One is a large cottonwood with a pair of fallen locusts hung up on it. The beaver (Castor canadensis) has already gotten a pretty good start, and the tree is laaarge and disconcertingly close to Rosslyn’s boathouse.
We contacted the neighbor in the hopes that they would take a look at their earliest convenience (i.e. before the cottonwood and gravity conspire against the boathouse!) I suggested the possibility of wrapping the tree with steel mesh/screen to inhibit further damage. This isn’t the most sightly solution, but it tends to be effective.
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Thanks, neighbors!
What do you think?