Wednesday, April 24, 2024 | St. Lawrence County, NY
By CRAIG FREILICH POTSDAM -- Twelve beavers that set up house in culverts under roads in Potsdam have been captured by the nuisance control officer since November. Two were taken at Bagdad Road and …
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By CRAIG FREILICH
POTSDAM -- Twelve beavers that set up house in culverts under roads in Potsdam have been captured by the nuisance control officer since November.
Two were taken at Bagdad Road and Clarkson Avenue in November, but more had moved in since then.
Four more were taken earlier this month there after some flooding there became apparent, according to Department of Public Works Superintendent Bruce Henderson.
"The water at Bagdad Road and Clarkson Avenue was within six inches of breaching the road," Henderson said.
And six other beavers have been taken out of the culvert at the dump access road off of State Rt. 11B.
Beavers frequently build in culverts, blocking them and preventing the drainage they are intended to facilitate.
Henderson says those removals could be the last for some months.
