You can all have a good laugh at us. Here we sat, dumb and happy thinking we knew what the beavers in our river were up to, and that we had a handle on it. But today we got to looking at the side stream, and there are three large beaver dams in it, with largish-ponds forming behind them. This side steam is a seasonal creek, about 6 inches deep most places, and it's usually dry by this time of year.

Our main concern is controlling the mosquitoes that are breeding in these ponds. We can float some stuff on the water that will kill the larvae, but need to decrease the surface area so it won't take so much.

So today Mr. Troutbend put on waders and stirred up the dams to release some of the water. The dams have sticks strewn around on top, but there is dirt and rocks underneath so there is more structure than it appears. The beavers will probably repair the damage we did today.

Hah-hah on us, Bucky Beaver, Incorporated pulled a fast one on us.