Beaver-Wise Campaign: Prince TownshipLiving with Beavers – Protecting Our Roads and Wetlands
Beavers are vital to our ecosystems, but their dams can sometimes cause flooding, culvert blockages, and road washouts. Prince Township’s Beaver-Wise Campaign helps you understand how to coexist with beavers while protecting local infrastructure. Learn how to spot their activity, why it’s important to monitor their dams, and how to report concerns.
Understanding Beaver Behavior and Impact:
Beavers build dams to create deep ponds for protection, but when they block culverts or streams, it can lead to flooding or damage to roads and property. These industrious animals love areas like marshy wetlands in Prince Township. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNR) emphasizes monitoring beaver activity to prevent damage while ensuring their habitat remains intact.
Why Monitoring is Essential:
Beaver dams can change water flow, sometimes flooding roads, causing culvert blockages, and even washing out entire road sections. Proper monitoring helps prevent costly repairs and ensures that water management systems remain effective. Prince Township’s wetlands are especially vulnerable due to high water tables and seasonal flooding.
How You Can Help:
We need resident beaver detectives! Report any signs of beaver activity in the form at the bottom of the page, such as:
Legislation and Best Practices:
Educational Resources & Videos:
Local Resources:
Additional Resources for your Beaver-Wise Campaign:
By working together and staying educated, we can protect Prince Township’s wetlands, roads, and infrastructure while ensuring that we live in harmony with our local beaver population.
Submit the form below to notify the office and trapper of beaver activity.
Beavers are vital to our ecosystems, but their dams can sometimes cause flooding, culvert blockages, and road washouts. Prince Township’s Beaver-Wise Campaign helps you understand how to coexist with beavers while protecting local infrastructure. Learn how to spot their activity, why it’s important to monitor their dams, and how to report concerns.
Understanding Beaver Behavior and Impact:
Beavers build dams to create deep ponds for protection, but when they block culverts or streams, it can lead to flooding or damage to roads and property. These industrious animals love areas like marshy wetlands in Prince Township. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNR) emphasizes monitoring beaver activity to prevent damage while ensuring their habitat remains intact.
Why Monitoring is Essential:
Beaver dams can change water flow, sometimes flooding roads, causing culvert blockages, and even washing out entire road sections. Proper monitoring helps prevent costly repairs and ensures that water management systems remain effective. Prince Township’s wetlands are especially vulnerable due to high water tables and seasonal flooding.
How You Can Help:
We need resident beaver detectives! Report any signs of beaver activity in the form at the bottom of the page, such as:
- Blocked culverts
- New dams
- Unusual water levels near roads
Legislation and Best Practices:
- Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997: Protects beavers and their dams. Altering or removing a dam requires authorization from the MNR.
More on beaver protection - Local Bylaws: Beaver dam removal or modification must comply with local environmental and safety regulations: Bylaw 2015-07
Educational Resources & Videos:
- Beaver Builders: Nature’s Engineers
Learn about how beavers impact water systems and why their dams matter, but also how their work can block culverts.
Watch here - Managing Beaver Dam-Related Road Damage
See how blocked culverts lead to flooding and infrastructure damage, and how communities manage this problem.
Watch here
Local Resources:
- MNR Beaver Management: Guidelines for managing beavers while protecting infrastructure.
Learn more - Sault Ste. Marie Conservation Authority: Local advice on wetland and water management.
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Additional Resources for your Beaver-Wise Campaign:
- Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry: Preventing Conflicts with Beavers
Preventing conflicts with beavers offers guidelines on how to manage beaver activity on your property. - Lanark Stewardship Council: Living with Beavers
Living with Beavers provides insights on beaver behaviors and management strategies, including the use of beaver bafflers.
By working together and staying educated, we can protect Prince Township’s wetlands, roads, and infrastructure while ensuring that we live in harmony with our local beaver population.
Submit the form below to notify the office and trapper of beaver activity.