The Gift of Beavers

Ronald Nordin Junior, wildlife technician for the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, and staff members from the Natural Resources Department, live trapped and relocated two beavers to Beaver Hollow. The pair were flooding a road on the Reservation, and now they will have plenty of room to expand in the headwaters region of the North Pike’s Creek watershed.

The Friends welcome the new residents to Beaver Hollow, and encourage them to settle into an empty lodge. With drought and irregular precipitation making northern Wisconsin drier, beavers are valued for their ability to increase water retention and manage flooding. These “rodent engineers” are invited to stay and fulfill their ecological role.