Beavers, porcupines, trumpeter swans, river clean up, forest thinning

I’ve noticed many precariously chewed trees left by beavers, making me wonder when and how they finish the job. To investigate, I pointed trail cameras on freshly gnawed cottonwoods. Beavers rarely chewed through the whole trunk. Instead, the risk-averse rodents often let the wind bring down teetering trees. The beavers paid close attention to noise when felling trees and dashed like scared sawyers at signs of cracking.

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