Faculty | Agricultural & Biological Engineering | Mississippi State University - Part 9

MSU professor outwits beavers after 10-year struggle against dams

STARKVILLE, Miss.–After fighting a 10-year battle of wits against beavers, David Smith believes he finally has found a way to keep water flowing through pesky dams they erected on his family’s Rankin County property. “It’s a matter of trying to outsmart that critter and he’s pretty shrewd,” said Smith. “The animal is nocturnal and you…

October 5, 2005