Name:   Lifer - Subject:   nuisance beaver Date:   9/13/2015 2:48:01 PM

Beavers mate for life and live and work in a tight family structure where each individual has particular duties.To relocate one could be very detrimental to the family unit. Chicken wire may stop them but you will need several layers. I would use several tomato stakes woven in the mix with the wire to stiffen it enough to make it tough to get through. I fight one in the winter. Apparently they really like turnip greens because they raid our patch nightly if we don't take precautions. I use tomato baskets, wire and stakes to block their path and sometimes they still get through and we have to rebuild the barricade to stop them. I refuse to kill or relocate them so we just plant a bigger, thicker patch to make sure there is enough for all of us...lol