RD799’s Beaver Dam Control:
Reclamation District’s personnel conduct daily routine beaver dam inspections. During the late hours into the night beavers are hard at work engineering and building beaver dams. The dams are built either in front of or behind our drainage grates. The beaver’s dams cause a blockage and does not allow for the water level in the ditch to drain. The water levels in the ditch begin to rise. This can cause potential damage to the i
sland.
The following picture demonstrates the amount of debris that can come from one beaver dam.
Restoration of Water Flow:
This picture demonstrates the water level being lowered once a beaver dam has been cleared from either in front or behind the grate.

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