The dam looks like just a tangle of sticks but it really is a well designed and complex structure. For millennia, they have been building these dams practicing hydrology, ecology, physics, construction and mathematical sciences, forestry, and many more -ologies that I've forgotten… and I bet there’s not a college degree among them!
That orange you saw is the sand floor of the pond. That is a rud going to their pile of food they have right there, their entire winter supply. Where is that bridge that is threatened? Wished you showed that too ? But, clearly this is a primary pond you are working on.
The size of the sticks and logs were almost intimidating . Clearing material make 'white water' lets you make the cut deeper and remove mud from behind the dam
@@foxriverbushcraft2345 I totally get it. I really do. I was just thinking about the babies under there and all the time they put into building it..I just love animals..They're so much better than people.
The other problem: you guys actually leave all the resources to rebuild the dam. The beavers come back and all the resources are all around from the broken dam now it is easier to rebuild. Might be best to haul off the resources, and they would have to gather the resources again.
Yeah you drained the water down but the beavers will have that 1 1/2 foot breach patched up in no time. If you want to see how to really remove a beaver dam watch MS Tech 86!!
You are doing a wonderful service thank you. Please study how beavers build their dames. From what I see, they build from the bottom up so now the top of the dam is the last layer. Pulling logs or branches from the middle wastes your energy. You have two arms free why do you throw one branch away at a time. You tired me out just watching how inefficiently you work. I notice all of you dam breakers do this. The beavers are incredible engineers. They use large logs, then branches and then leaves grass and mud, and this is how they build the dam. This method is repeated over and over again until it stops the water.
