Project: Saving the Apple Tree from a Beaver

Project: Saving the Apple Tree from a Beaver
Project: Saving the Apple Tree from a beaver - I saw what I thought was a really fat groundhog sitting under the hemlock trees.
I saw what I thought was a really fat groundhog sitting under the hemlock trees.
Project: Saving the Apple Tree from a beaver - An apple fell out of the tree and the "fat groundhog" took off for the apple.
An apple fell out of the tree and the “fat groundhog” took off for the apple.

Project: Saving the Apple Tree from a beaver - "Fat groundhog" racing for an apple.
“Fat groundhog” racing for an apple.

Project: Saving the Apple Tree from a beaver - Adorable "fat groundhog" eating an apple.
Adorable “fat groundhog” eating an apple.

Project: Saving the Apple Tree from a beaver - Then I came out and it wasn't a ground hog. It was a beaver and it was eating my tree.
The next morning, this is what I came out to. It wasn’t a ground hog. It was a beaver and it was eating my tree.

What I at first thought was a very fat groundhog ended up being a beaver.

Project: Saving the Apple Tree from a beaver - Cliff wrapped the tree in two layers of chain link.
Cliff wrapped the tree in two layers of chain link.
Project: Saving the Apple Tree from a beaver - I walked downstream and sure enough, there is a series of dams.
I walked downstream and sure enough, there is a series of dams.

The beaver cleared up a lot of underbrush around a small wetland near me.

So, we’ll have to see how much of a problem this problem is.

Project: Saving the Apple Tree from a beaver - So, look again. That is definitely not a groundhog tail.
So, look again. That is definitely not a groundhog tail.
Project: Saving the Apple Tree from a beaver - Beaver stand up, using their tail to balance so he can eat the apples.
Beaver stand up, using their tail to balance so he can eat the apples.

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