The town has erected a special fence at a culvert to keep beavers from building a dam there and causing flood problems.

CUMBERLAND, R.I. (WJAR) — The beaver population is growing in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Cumberland is one of many towns witnessing their growth, which means more beaver dams and flooding for ...

Beavers and the dams they build promote sediment deposition and modify channel and floodplain morphology and physical complexity. Beaver activities may result in increased watershed-scale water and ...

LANSING, MI – Beavers are considered ecological architects, but certain conservationists are worried there can be too many in some areas of Michigan. State wildlife and fisheries managers recently ...