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After nearly two weeks of checking the traps on a daily basis, relocating them, we finally caught him! But in that time, he chewed through five large (10" diameter) trees and started on several others. He was very skilled, and dropped them right into the lake, so that he would have fresh greens to munch on under the ice all winter. Pretty clever fellow, but all those trees and branches in the lake make it hard to navigate boats in the summer. We also did not want to risk him starting a family and having even more beavers. In the right setting, they are beneficial, creating wetlands. We were at risk of flooding the campfire circle and 3-D archery range. So, after he was caught, he was taken to another property where a farmer wanted to establish a wetlands. At one year old, he weighed about 20 lbs, and was 24" long from nose to tail.
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BEAVER
RELOCATION PROJECT-
Last summer the Aquatics Staff reported that a Beaver
had moved into the waterfront at Stouffer Lake. We received that news with mixed
emotions. On one hand it was really cool to see one up close, and it was a first
in anyone's recollection. The bad side of that was that this young rodent was
cutting down our Aspen trees along the lake's shore. While he posed no threat to
our campers, in reality he could potentially damage our lake and dam. So we
called the PA Game Commission for advice. Officer Dingman came out and assessed
the situation, and determined that we had a young beaver, approximately 1 year
old who had moved away from his family to start a new colony. He had already
felled two trees into the lake. We decided the best course of action would be to
"live trap" him and relocate him to another pond. Officer Dingman brought
several kinds of traps and placed them around the lake. He baited them with
fresh Aspen branches and bark (the beaver's favorite food). 
Here
you can see our Beaver in the carrier that was used to transport him form camp,
and after he was released into his new location.