said in an email that the town was within its rights to destroy the dam. The town has what’s known as a Nuisance Beaver Permit, the DEC says, which allows it to trap beavers, remove beaver dams ...

Trapping and removal is often the best solution for a beaver problem, according to state wildlife experts. Destroying a dam can trigger beavers to simply rebuild, and they can do it in a few hours.

According to the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department (FWD), beavers have built on or around roughly a quarter of ANR’s dams. Beaver activity and debris on manmade dams can restrict spillway capacity ...