Beaver Dam Photos

Here's something you may not have in your area ... a beaver dam.

First, a video ... recording video is new to me, and kind of experimental :)

A path to the dam, clearly not created with 6'3" people in mind:



The upper part of the beaver dam, as of a few hours ago:





The same dam last year when the water was very high. It's hard to see it in the photo, but the dam is creating about an 8-10" change in the water level. The lower dam created a similar drop in water level.



And at very high water levels:



This is the upper part of the dam, shown in springtime. It's quite a bit smaller than the other dam, and is partially supported by a natural rock formation:



The destruction caused by the beavers is almost human-like in its intensity:



OK, not really quite to the level of humans ... but it's still pretty destructive.