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| Beaver dams, such as this one in Currituck County, have caused flooding on farms and in forests. COURTESY PHOTO |
By JEFF HAMPTON, The Virginian-Pilot © July 8, 2007
Currituck County plans to start its first beaver trapping program, similar to one used in other counties that controls - but doesn't stop - the determined dam builders.
In the past few years, beaver dams have caused flooding on farms and in forests in Moyock, Barco, Shawboro and Harbinger. A beaver downed a tree last fall that fell across Short Cut Road and caused an accident, said Mike Doxey, district technician for the Albemarle (Currituck) Soil & Water Conservation District.