Wildlife Master Gardener Diagnostic
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Master Gardener Decision Support Guide
Beavers
Protect Gardens with electric fence. Protect individual trees
with wire mesh. Protect culverts with a baffler and pond drains
with a wire gage. Trapping will control local populations.
Shooting will control local populations. Beavers most active from
dusk to dawn so late afternoon is most productive time to shoot.
In North Carolina outside Buncombe, Madison, McDowell, and Yancey
counties there is an open season all year long. Beavers are
covered by North Carolina
Law for Wildlife Killed for Depredations.
The following information is provided by the North
Carolina Cooperative Extension Wildlife Specialist. This is an
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For additional information on managing this species see
Beavers
Managing Beaver Ponds
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Designed by David Goforth on October 31, 2000