Beavers live throughout North America and statewide in Georgia wherever they can find the right place to call home. They love year-round water flow; therefore streams, lakes, ponds, wetlands, and low lying land or swamps are the places to find them. Beavers can be found in ditches, sewage ponds and urban areas.
Beavers are technically North America’s largest rodents. They live on both land and in water. Their broad flat tails provide stability during activities; it can slap the water as a warning, and is also used as a rudder for swimming.
Beavers are considered one of the most important animals in Georgia; these industrious friends are very creative, and leave ponds and wetlands behind wherever they go, which in turn provide a habitat for numerous plants and animals. Beaver created wetlands also serve as a filter that improve water quality. For the landowner, beaver ponds may provide improved hunting and fishing due to their attractive qualities.
Sometimes, beavers can be a nuisance. They can create wetlands that aren’t what humans had in mind. Occasionally a beaver’s hard work can flood, damaging pastures or crops. Furthermore, beavers chew on just about any tree or plant, which causes damage and loss of property.
You may want to control your beaver problems with traps or more direct means, but sometimes fencing can work, as well as adjusting drainage to make your property uninteresting. Whichever way you view the beaver, they are certainly one of nature’s busiest residents.
