How to get rid of a beaver

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00:03welcome to the forestry minute

00:05some people love to have beavers on

00:06their property while others only see the

00:08problems that they cause

00:10for those folks who would rather not see

00:12their trees damaged their creeks and

00:14rivers damned or their woods flooded

00:16there is something that you can do

00:19beavers prefer to eat and use certain

00:21trees and shrubs like alder birch

00:24aspen and willow removing these species

00:28along

00:28or near to your shoreline will force

00:30beavers to look elsewhere for food and

00:33working materials

00:35additionally if you plant trees beaver

00:37don't prefer like balsam fur and black

00:39spruce along your shoreline

00:41you will make it even less hospitable to

00:43beavers