The creek outback should be pretty low right now with the hot dry weather, but due to a beaver dam down stream its still 4ft deep where I need to cross to clean up some fire wood, brush hog ect. I kayaked down stream to find a massive dam. The problem is these tree huggers called the cops last time we broke it up as it was behind there house. Is there anything I can do about this so I can get across without totally submurging my brush hog and get some trees back across?
Call the DEC and see what they want to do?
LEAVE THE BEAVERS ALONE!
go from the other side?
the dec is going to tell him to not destroy a beaver dam in order to get some fire wood
Ammonium Nitrate? Or just build a bridge. Once again my engineering specialties lol
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He’d have to sell it right. Get a grant from the federal gov’t to do research on the area and find out it’s effects on the local human population… profit.
Cover of darkness. Black hoodie. Machete or blunt object. Done.
Yeah the only way you’ll get anywhere is with a DEC permit, which isn’t really that much of a pain in the ass. But it sounds like the dam is not on your property, and is not really damaging your property, so it’s going to be an almost impossible sell.
That said, someone I know had a permit this spring because the dam was flooding their cabin. I was invited to take part in the “removal”. My favorite long range gun is my 1911. It was fun…
LOLOLOLOL
Doesn’t sound good.
http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/6992.html
Section 11-0505 states that no person is allowed at any time to disturb a beaver’s dam, house or den without written permission from the DEC. This permit will be issued to the person or organization which is being damaged or affected or may potentially be affected. If the permittee (affected party) does not own or legally control the site where the beaver’s dam is located, it is the permittee’s responsibility to obtain permission to go on lands he/she does not own or legally control to carry out the permitted actions.
So since the people who own the property the dam is on like the beavers it’s going to be tough to get them to sign off on removing it. You’d need to make a case that the dam represents a flood control issue on your property, at which point you could threaten legal liability for flood damages to the homeowner if they deny you the right to remove the dam.
You can not touch it legally if its not on your property. If you just want to get across it for wood, you are SOL. If its a threat to your property, you can probably get a permit to remove it.
Section 11-0505 states that no person is allowed at any time to disturb a beaver’s dam, house or den without written permission from the DEC. This permit will be issued to the person or organization which is being damaged or affected or may potentially be affected. If the permittee (affected party) does not own or legally control the site where the beaver’s dam is located, it is the permittee’s responsibility to obtain permission to go on lands he/she does not own or legally control to carry out the permitted actions.
You probably can’t even build a bridge over that water without DEC permission, especially if you have tree huggers living near by.
If we get some rain soon its going to be a threat. on the other side of the damn there is hardly any water what so ever. normal level is about a 1 -1.5 feet. I have a camper and land I need to tent to on the other side also. Like I said I have to keep feilds mowed so they don’t turn into a forest. I have a bridge for the wheeler. Its sure as hell not going to hold my tractor lol.
I’m really thinking about putting a small break in it at night.
If it causes some problems to your property, just call the DEC. They will deal with the property owner that the bridge is on and even possibly killing the beaver that built it to prevent it from coming back. If the damn is effecting your property then you may have a shot at getting them to help you out.
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Yeah, I’d start with a call to the DEC. Of course if that fails and you do have to take matters into your own hands they’re going to know who did it.
How far away is it? How fast is the current? How quickly does a fuse burn?
Just go rambo on that shit then deny deny deny.
Obviously, this is the smart thing to do. However, how could they prove that it was you? Don’t go there with a zippo and a can of hairspray and put on a show for anyone within 100 yards, just poke a small hole in it and make it seem like it happened on its own.
Disclaimer:
I personally wouldn’t mess with beavers or any wildlife unless I seriously considered the situation and decided the benefit outweighed the cost.
I love animals and nature and all that, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.
Your only issue with dealing it yourself is that the beaver will still be there and it will just rebuild it and cause more problems unless you plan to execute it yourself and blow up the bridge.
“Au revoir Gopher”
