**"*$?***& m-^ 1975 BEAVER DAMAGE SURVEY Georgia Forestry Commission A. R. SHIRLEY, Director PREPARED BY: JOHN GODBEE TERRY PRICE RECEIVED 2 DEC. 1 1994 DUCU MEN IS ERRATA - 1975 GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION BEAVER SURVEY > Due to computer error in dropping the seventh whole number in the below specified counties, these corrections should be made. Page 3, Paragraph 2 : The estimated total value of damaged timber was $66,056,051, Table 1, Pages 8 - 10 : District : County 10 Appling Dist. Total Value in Dollars : Pine Hardwood : Pulpwood : Sawtimber : Pulpwood : Sawtimber : Total Value $ 1,541,600 $ 2,622,40C $ 1,853,692 $ 3,292,030 11 Glynn Long Dist. Total $ 1,228,500 $ 2,981,225 $ 1,975,00C $ 1,344,000 $ 3,308,60C $ 1,954,800 $ 7,688,58C 13 Screven Dist. Total $ 1,071,600 $ 1,712,949 $ 2,107,80C $ 3,321,701 16 Laurens Montgomery Treutlen Wheeler Dist. Total $ 1,471,500 $ 1,161,000 $ 2,531,250 $ 1,589,160 $ 3,307,060 $ 1,968,000 $ 3,210,300 $ 7,272,487 $11,463,395 $ 2,954,710 $ 5,146,06C $ 3,190,75C $ 5,897,55C $20,174,507 17 Monroe Dist. Total $ 1,008,000 $ 1 ,299,980 $ 2,354,740 $ 4,247,650 18 Twiggs Washington Wilkinson Dist. Total $ 1,069,200 $ 2,415,175 $ 1,239,000 $ 2,363,250 $ 1,692,600 $ 4,154,400 $ 1,903,200 $ 2,431,20C $ 5,842,560 $11,069,960 State Total $14,740,497 $26,348,188 $18,879,592 $66,056,051 TABLE OF CONTENTS Pa, List of Tables ii List of Figures ii Introduction 1 Survey Methods 2 Results 3 Control 4 Literature Cited 24 -l LIST OF TABLES 1. Volume of Timber Damage by County 2. Estimated Acres Inundated and Average Volume Per Acre 3. Figures Used for Computation of Value of Damaged Timber 4. Summary of Landowner Activities 5. Summary of Beaver Damage Control Efforts LIST OF FIGURES 1. Beaver Present in County 2. Counties Reporting Beaver Caused Problems 3. Total Acres Inundated by District 4. Counties Beaver Trapped for Fur 5. Counties Reporting Benefits Exceed the Damages 6. Sample Beaver Damage Report Form -n- . 1975 BEAVER DAMAGE SURVEY GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION INTRODUCTION The beaver (Caster canadensis ) is the largest North American rodent, weighing up to 50 pounds. It has a broad flat scaley tail, long front teeth, a rich brown fur and webbed hind feet. Beavers are vegetarians. They feed on leaves, twigs, and stems of small bushes and trees surrounding lakes and streams. Preferred summer foods include lespedeza, goldenrod, blackberry, honeysuckle, tearthumb, dog fennel, ludwigia, alder, river birch, black gum, sweetgum and dogwood. Winter foods include sweetgum, yellow poplar, pine, hornbean, willow, dogwood and alder. In general, they are opportunistic feeders taking vegetation seasonally most abundant. In summer, they are primarily herbaceous; in winter, their diet is predominantly composed of woody material (4) Beaver cause damage by cutting timber and crops such as corn, sugarcane, fruit and nut trees, and flooding bottomland forest, farmlands and roads. One family maintains a "home" dam and from one to serveral minor dams above and below it. The number depends on stream conditions and the length of time the family has been in the area. Dams occur most frequently away from larger streams and lakes, but these areas may supply many of the beavers which move into problem areas (1, 2). Although the beaver has become a pest and caused considerable damage in many places, it has been beneficial in others. Control of erosion by slowing run-off, and creation of waterholes and ponds for livestock and game and use of ponds for fish production, ducks and irrigation are some of the many benefits of properly managed beaver populations. -2Georgia farms and forests, especially in the Piedmont, are increasingly threatened by flooding created by rapidly expanding beaver populations (Fig. 1) The Georgia Forestry Commission and other land managing agencies have received reports and complaints from forest landowners concerning timber damage done by beavers (Fig. 2) (Tables 1,4). As a result of complaints, the Georgia Forestry Commission conducted surveys of beaver damage in 1960 and 1967. Continuous growth of the beaver population prompted initiation of this survey in 1975. The survey results are not a beaver population study. However, they provide insight into the current beaver situation in Georgia. Some counties showing only slight or no damage might have losses a more intensive survey would have revealed. SURVEY METHODS This survey was conducted on a county basis by local Georgia Forestry Commission personnel and management foresters in conjunction with the Soil Conservation Service, Game and Fish Division of the Department of Natural Resources, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service, and others. While the survey was carried out in a variety of ways, the primary objective was obtaining the most accurate information possible on questionnaires from each county. Questionnaires were distributed to members of the various agencies. After a period of time, a single copy representing the combined efforts of all agencies was developed. Field work was completed in October, 1975. A sample questionnaire is included in this report (Fig. 6). -3RESULTS Between the 1967 and 1975 survey, the area of damage has increased by 128 percent with approximately 287,700 acres in 156 counties presently inundated (Fig. 3). Estimated volumes of timber damaged and estimated values of this timber are listed in Table 1. Volume figures were computed from figures listed in Table 2, providing acres inundated and average stocking per acre. Value of damaged timber was computed using average prices per district in each size class and is listed in Table 3. An estimated volume of 2,808,998 cords of pulpwood and 1,036,574 MBP (thousand board feet) of sawtimber was reported damaged. The estimated total value of damaged timber was $45,056,051. Heaviest timber losses were reported in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain regions. Many reports listed damage only to non-commercial timber lands. Pastures (11,838 acres) and croplands (6,236 acres) were frequently listed as flooded. There were reports of inundated county roads, utility and railroad right-of-ways, pond spillways and dams in urban areas. A total of 258,489 acres of commercial timber land was reported along with an additional 4,500 acres in timber reproduction. Timber lands accounted for 91 percent of the total inundated acres. Most counties reported landowners who desired to keep beaver for such benefits as increased wildlife habitat (duck-fish ponds), waterholes for irrigation, livestock and flood control. The 1960 and 1967 surveys reported most beaver activity had been established from 1950 to 1960. Older established dams were reported as far back as the 1930's (3). Table 4 provides the approximate number of years beavers have been established in the districts. Beaver activity has continued to increase since the initial surveys. The total number of damage reports (landowners with -4problems) increased from 519 in 1960 to 2,632 in 1967 and to 9,988 in 1975. Acreage affected figures for the three surveys were 15,702 acres in 1960, 126,409 acres in 1967, and 287,700 acres in 1975. Observations concerning control measures are provided in Table 5. Trapping was the control measure most frequently reported and accounted for 35 percent of the total effort. In addition, 75 counties reported beaver trapped for fur (Fig. 4). Dynamiting, shooting and use of drain pipes were ranked behind trapping as types of control effort most frequently used. Trapping (18 percent) and dynamiting (6 percent) were listed as the control efforts most successful. Unsuccessful control (41 percent) and no response (25 percent) were most frequently listed. Of approximately 10,000 landowners with beaver problems, 32 percent have registered complaints with various agencies. Approximately 700 or 7 percent have initiated some type of control program. Benefits derived from beavers were thought to offset damages in 38 counties, (Fig. 5). These assumptions constitute opinions of the County Committees. Benefit-damage ratios will vary within each county dependent on landowner circumstances. Benefits most frequently listed were establishment of wildlife habitat for ducks, fish and erosion control by slowing run-off. CONTROL Control of beavers, by any recommended method, is time consuming and expensive. The best control approach, based on information collected in this survey, appears to be trapping combined with mechanical alteration of the animal's habitat, i.e. dynamiting and installation of drain pipes. -5Two Georgia publications available listing techniques for trapping, etc. are: 1. Beaver and Muskrat Control, (not dated), published by Information Education Division, Georgia Game and Fish Division, Department of Natural Resources. 2. Beaver Control. David Almand, December 1966, Circular 565, published by UGA, Cooperative Extension Service. Copies are available from the respective agencies. 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Estimated Acres 1/ Inundated--' and Average Volume Per ?/ Acre^-' District County 1 Bartow Catoosa Chattooga Dade Floyd Gordon Haralson Paulding Polk Walker 2 Cherokee Fannin Gilmer Murray Pickens Whitfield 3 Clayton Cobb DeKalb Douglas Fulton Gwinnett Rockdale 4 Carrol 1 Coweta Heard Meriwether Troup 5 Butts Fayette Henry Lamar Newton Pike Spalding Upson 6 Chattahoochee Harris Muscogee Quitman Randolph Stewart Talbot Webster 7 Crisp Dooly Macon Marion Schley Sumter Taylor Total Acres Inundated 8 -- 2 -- 80 3 500 310 1,100 20 __ --100 10 -- 225 25 -50 100 100 150 __ 600 15 2,000 1 100 200 1 ,150 2,400 -200 50 200 5 5 11 73 134 142 1,000 118 40 46 94 96 123 129 133 [}._. Avg. Stocking Per Acre Pulpwood : Sawtimber Cords : MBF 11.9 13.9^ 14.0 &y 1 . 11.6 9.5 9.3 9.5 8.3 12.8 32 2.2 l.ll/ 2.0 1.9 2.8 3.0 1.7 1.1 10.5 11.1 12.6 11.0 7.5 14.9 4.0 3.41/ 3.8 4.8 1.9 5.2 8.4 4.3 10.0 3.3 9.0 5.3 12.9 2.5 13.8 4.2 9.8 4.0 8.6 3.3 10.4 1.4 9.6 3.6 15.8 4.0 11.5 4.0 9.3 3.7 10.5 3.5 13.4 2.7 10.1 3.7 10.6 2.6 9.4 2.3 11.1 6.0 7.4 3.5 9.6 3.3 4.0 6.0 8.9 4.3 5.8 5.3 10.7 3.6 7.8 3.4 10.6 4.0 9.4 3.5 7.1 4.1 11.2 3.6 6.3 3.7 8.0 3.4 6.4 1.1 8.1 4.5 9.6 2.3 9.0 2.1 Total Acres Inundated -- Hardwood -- Avq. Stocking Per Acre : Pulpwood : Sawtimber Cords : MBF 7.9 1.7 26 10.1 2.9 3 9.2 2.0 28 12.0 4.5 40 11.2 3.6 -- 8.9 1.4 1,000 7.6 2.1 900 8.4 2.1 200 8.2 3.0 10 7.9 2.0 __ 6.6 1.9 -- 12.2 2.4 -- 7.5 1.3 -- 13.6 3.6 -- 6.7 1.9 15 9.5 2.7 __ 9.6 4.5 -- 12.1 6.2 -- 9.9 4.3 50 11.7 3.5 100 12.1 5.9 300 10.3 4.6 -- 7.2 1.2 2,500 9.2 2.1 2,000 11.7 4.5 85 8.5 3.8 3,000 9.3 3.7 95 9.7 3.0 1,000 11.6 6.7 1,200 12.1 3.5 -- 10.7 2.8 1,600 11.7 4.2 700 12.5 3.0 4,000 11.1 4.7 394 9.6 2.5 2,000 8.2 4.0 4 7.6 5.7 2 8.6 3.3 6 7.2 5.5 230 13.4 4.9 651 9.2 3.5 315 9.8 3.3 8,500 6.5 2.6 591 9.2 3.8 215 7.9 2.7 2,180 10.2 3.5 5,000 9.0 5.4 1,600 6.4 2.9 1,800 7.6 3.4 1,500 10.6 3.0 1,000 10.8 3.6 1 ' Continued) District County 8 Ben Hill Berrien Brooks Cook Echols Irwin Lanier Lowndes Tift Turner 9 Baker Calhoun Clay Colquitt Decatur Dougherty Early Grady Lee Mi Her Mitchell Seminole Terrel Thomas Worth 10 Appling Bulloch Candler Evans Jeff Davis Tattnall Toombs Wayne 11 Bryan Camden Chatham Effingham Glynn Liberty Long Mcintosh 12 Atkinson Bacon Brantley Charlton CI inch Coffee Pierce Ware 13 Burke Col umbia Emanuel Glascock Jefferson Jenkins Lincoln McDuffie Richmond Screven Tal iaferro Warren Wilkes fnf.al : res : . , , [a_ti : 100 -- 300 -- 10 290 -- 50 100 60 200 -- 200 150 150 500 1,500 50 600 50 350 -- 400 53 700 4,000 -- 10 200 100 500 150 -- 500 125 --3,000 150 3,000 3,000 __ ----- 200 --- __ 100 300 ---528 100 -3,000 50 50 590 tockinc Pei uipwood Sawtimbei : ' ' ords 7.2 4.0 10.6 4.0 7.8 4.1 13.6 4.1 8.2 2.9 10.3 4.3 6.9 3.0 8.9 2.9 10.8 4.4 6.6 3.6 6.2 2.9 8.9 3.1 7.9 2.8 9.1 4.6 9.2 4.1 8.0 4.0 10.6 1.8 7.6 5.2 12.6 2.9 14.6 1.2 9.5 2.1 11.1 8.8 9.8 1.0 6.2 6.3 7.0 5.9 12.7 4.7 8.8 6.2 7.2 4.1 5.6 3.7 10.0 4.1 10.6 4.3 14.5 3.1 12.9 4.4 11.2 11.6 12.6 9.2 12.0 8.9 10.4 12.1 3.9 5.0 10.3 4.5 6.3 4.6 4.7 3.2 9.5 3.7 9.7 2.5 9.2 1.9 11.9 3.9 10.4 4.2 9.5 3.2 9.6 5.5 9.1 3.0 7.4 1.3 11.8 6.2 9.2 3.7 7.5 .8 8.1 2.1 8.6 2.1 10.3 5.1 12.4 3.9 11.0 3.1 8.9 4.7 17.2 5.6 8.9 3.2 9.7 5.4 : " Total Acre ,: . : undated : 250 -- -- 5 -- 200 --- 300 100 __ -- 600 150 -- 500 3,000 150 1,000 150 500 -- 500 -- 1,200 2,000 -- 50 300 550 250 50 -- 250 50 -- 50 500 200 7,000 3,000 __ -------- __ 100 600 200 300 ---200 4,000 100 -- 1,160 Stocking Pul uwood : Sawtimbei' " Coi 11.1 5.7 15.4 4.1 13.6 4.4 12.8 4.6 12.3 3.5 16.0 4.5 16.9 4.5 11.2 4.5 11.9 2.5 16.7 8.6 6.8 3.6 11.0 3.8 9.4 3.3 8.1 3.0 9.8 5.2 13.4 5.7 11.5 3.9 7.7 4.5 9.0 3.5 7.2 3.2 12.6 3.7 8.1 2.7 12.2 3.9 8.5 5.6 8.6 3.5 11.2 4.0 11.2 4.4 12.1 4.6 18.6 5.9 7.1 2.3 16.0 4.8 13.7 3.9 9.8 4.5 12.5 5.6 16.4 4.7 13.8 4.0 11.6 4.5 11.8 4.6 12.5 4.5 13.9 6.4 12.5 5.1 14.8 3.7 10.1 2.6 11.3 3.9 7.8 3.6 15.7 3.1 8.9 3.2 11.3 4.0 14.4 3.3 9.7 3.3 13.4 4.5 10.3 4.2 15.7 4.4 10.0 3.5 16.5 7.8 10.7 3.2 10.2 2.7 12.6 4.8 10.9 5.7 11.2 3.3 9.9 3.1 9.9 4.2 , Table 2 'Continued) -13- Disti 14 15 16 17 18 County Banks Dawson Forsyth Franklin Habersham Hall Hart Lumpkin Rabun Stephens Towns Union Wh i te Barrow Clarke Elbert Greene Jackson Madison Morgan Oconee Oglethorpe Walton Bleckley Dodge Laurens Montgomery Telfair Treutlen Wheeler Wilcox Bibb Crawford Houston Jasper Jones Monroe Peach Pulaski Baldwin Hancock Johnson Putnam Twiggs Washington Wilkinson Total Acres I nundated D i nn : Avg. Stocking Per Acre : Pulpwood : Sawtimber : Cords : MBF 1 ,000 150 1 3 ,600 425 400 313 20 35 1 ,050 100 100 400 __ 275 110 800 -- 50 600 650 800 500 11.8 11.5 11.5 9.7 13.4 10.9 9.9 13.6 13.21/ 14.5 13. 0l/ 14.1 11.4 8.9 9.8 9.6 10.6 10.8 12.8 10.3 10.8 13.0 10.3 2.5 1.8 2.9 3.4 1.2 2.3 .2 4.1 1.91/ 2.0 2.5 1.6 1.2 2.0 4.0 2.0 5.6 3.6 2.3 4.8 2.7 3.9 2.9 675 2 ,100 5 ,700 10 ,900 3 ,500 6 ,000 13 ,500 600 13.1 2.1 10.3 2.6 11.6 3.4 9.0 3.7 11.3 2.6 12.9 4.0 12.5 2.9 7.4 1.6 25 2 ,100 100 300 300 200 -- 500 8.1 6.9 8.0 4.7 13.5 3.1 8.4 6.5 10.1 5.1 10.6 3.5 2.9 4.8 8.4 1.1 150 150 750 600 2 ,500 6 ,000 -- 9.7 5.2 9.6 4.2 7.2 2.5 15.3 7.4 8.0 4.3 10.6 2.2 9.7 3.1 Total Acres Inundated 500 50 1 2,000 100 200 500 -30 175 50 25 100 10 200 450 600 100 100 3,000 400 10,000 5,000 1,250 2,000 2,500 1,500 -500 1 ,000 800 200 2,000 1,500 1,100 500 5,000 150 2,000 400 1,000 4,800 -5,000 14,000 8,000 Avg. Stocking Per Acre Pulpwood : Sawtimber Cords : MBF 11.3 7.0 8.4 9.5 8.7 10.4 11.3 10.5 io.il/ 6.6 11.61/ 12.1 11.6 4.1 1.3 1.8 2.4 2.4 2.7 1.8 2.5 2.71/ 3.2 3.01/ 3.6 3.0 11.2 5.0 14.4 3.4 10.0 3.3 9.1 4.4 11.8 3.7 10.6 3.9 12.3 3.6 12.0 3.3 12.6 4.4 10.4 4.1 12.1 4.2 8.7 2.7 11.9 4.5 15.0 8.5 12.0 5.0 10.3 3.6 10.4 5.2 11.2 3.7 9.5 3.7 8.4 4.8 13.2 6.5 8.9 4.8 8.9 3.1 11.3 4.8 11.4 3.8 9.1 5.2 8.5 3.6 9.6 2.8 9.6 4.5 11.8 4.3 11.2 5.9 9.9 3.1 13.2 6.1 ]_/ Total acres inundated as reported by county committees consisting of representatives from UGA. Cooperative Extension Service, Soil Conservation Service, Ga. Dept. of Natural Resources Game and Fish Division and Georgia Forestry Commission. 2/ Computed from 1972 Georgia forest survey sample plot data. All non-stocked and seedling-sapling stand sizes, all xeric physiographic classes, and three mesic physiographic classes -- bluffs, mountain saddles and moist slopes, and mountain coves were excluded. All southern yellow pine types were grouped as pine type, and all remaining types were grouped as hardwood type. The process used to obtain mutually exclusive board-foot volume per acre and cords volume per acre was based on the Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, USFS Forest Survey, Asheville, North Carolina, best estimate of average log size in sawtimber trees for each of the two types. Estimated average log size was then used to get a board-foot per cubic foot ratio. Average board-foot volume per acre was summarized and equivalent cubic was 14- Table 2 (Continued) computed. This computed cubic was subtracted from all growing-stock cubic and the remainder was converted to cords. Assumptions Pine Types Hardwood Types Average Log Log Bd. Ft. Volume Log Cu. Ft. Volume Bd. Ft. Per Cu. Ft. Cubic Volume Per Cord 9" X 12' 36 bd. ft. 6.2 cu. ft. 5.8 bd.ft./cu.ft. 65 per cord 12" X 12' 69 bd. ft. 10.6 cu. ft. 6.5 bd.ft./cu.ft. 70 per cord The cords factors were selected as most appropriate for converting poletimber-size trees (pulpwood) and upper-stem portions of sawtimber-size trees to cords, which is the cubic volume remaining after the saw-log portions of sawtimber trees are excluded. 3/ U. S. Forest Service figures not available. Volume figures are averages of contiguous counties. Mortality Caused by Flooding and Feeding on Southern Pines 15- Table 3. --Figures Used for Computation of Value of Damaged Timber--' District 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 : Pulpwood : Cords $ 6.00 4.00 4.00 6.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 16.00 16.00 14.00 18.00 21.00 10.00 6.00 6.00 15.00 9.00 11.00 Pine : Sawtimber : MBF $ 36.00 32.00 35.00 50.00 45.00 45.00 60.00 67.00 80.00 82.00 65.00 72.00 76.00 26.00 40.00 82.00 67.00 81.00 Heirdwood Pulpwood : Sawtimber Cords : MBF $ 3.00 2.00 2.00 3.00 2.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 5.00 4.00 5.00 4.00 3.00 3.00 2.00 5.00 4.00 5.00 $ 29.00 25.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 15.00 25.00 20.00 35.00 35.00 30.00 32.00 28.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 42.00 39.00 V Average price per district as of May 1975 16- Table 4.-- Summary of Landowner Activities : Avg. No. Years : No Landowners : Beaver Present . No. Landowners : No. Complaints With A District : in Distr ict With Problems : Received : Corltrol Program 1 13 473 2 19 141 3 16 112 4 18 585 5 28 855 6 17 222 7 26 634 8 13 268 9 27 250 10 11 583 11 9 201 12 9 18 13 19 647 14 20 1,443 15 23 670 16 28 1,096 17 25 515 18 23 1,275 97 39 67 32 56 17 138 12 209 5 143 29 222 53 126 101 179 40 178 37 72 13 16 4 132 45 588 16 390 170 188 38 93 32 281 11 Total 9,988 3,175 694 ---- ------ -17- a> +-> fa ro CXi CM LO 00 oo +-> GO co *-D OO ~~ r C\J i-- "vT r^- LT> co 1 1 CM CM 1 r-. 1 oo CM CM o *3- CM O 1 OO in 1 r^- 1 o S- +-> OO CM CM I-- CM C 1 CM OO CM o (_) CD C\J ct> O 1 CD o 1 OO IT) ! (O E 4-> " QfO c +J o u1 CM m 1 ^-- <3- i CM s- i_ +J > fO CD I/) a o 1 1 o oo CM OO o LT) CO 4- O O cr> 00 - O oo CM CM +J E c ooj CO oo 3- <3- CM VD r^ O E s_ aj CO Q. r-. 00 00 *3" oo |-- I <3- CM I UD cr> LO CM .a ir> LT) oo (Tt oo O ra CM OO CM d- ID o IT) 1 <3" oo CM 1 CO LT) cr> LO CM 1 CM OO co LO CM CM CM CM - o in OO oo en r-- oo -o -- O) i i/) o => S- +J T3 CO OO -C +-> CD s: a; en 1 Q_ Q. Q. o fO o x: oo E p CD ra Qs- o+-> -18Fig. 1. --Beaver Present in County -19- Fig. 2. --Counties Reporting Beaver Caused Problems GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION Counties Reporting Beaver Damage 1975 Survey * Counties Not Reporting Beaver Damage 1967 Survey ThACC e\ V O'BARR ig 10 63 -20Fig. 3. --Total Acres Inundated by District -21Fig. 4. --Counties Beaver. Trapped for Fur GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION Beaver Trapped For Fur Unknown Beaver Not Trapped For Fur swJ~. L o J-.- -J , ' r) r~v i BCN MILL f JEFF DAVIS I " APPLINc" V H H_ 'BWIN Ol J) \ OT.flonj ^ -u-t COFTEC I ODo,lo. I BCON >v. ./S ^_| _^ \ > 1 coLQuitT ( - BEBBiEN ; ATKINSON /coo* \ "tffl \ 'PCBCt m T h .... r 5y^ -L, \L-- i '\ / L o R -22Fig. 5. --Counties Reporting Benefits Exceed the Damages FORESTRY COMMISSION Counties Reporting Benefits Exceed The Damages County -23Fig. 6. --Sample Beaver Damage Report Form Date 1. Are beaver present in your county? No ( | Yes If yes, please answer the following questions. [ 1 2. How many years have you known the beaver to exist in your county? 3. Have beaver caused problems in your county? No Yes If yes, how many complaints received. 4. If you have flooding from beaver colonies in your county, estimate acres involved: Pine Reproduction Urban (Est. No. Dams) Utility R/W Hardwoods Crop Land Roadways (No.) Other (Specify) Pine Hardwoods Pasture Railroads (No.) How many landowners have a control program? What methods of control have been used?: Trapping % of Total Effort Drain Pipes % of Total Effort Shooting % of Total Effort Other % of Total Effort (Specify) Dynamiting Dams % of Total Effort Which method, if any, was satisfactory? 6. Are beaver trapped for fur in your county? No \ | Yes fj^ 7. Please estimate the number of landowners in your county that have beaver-associated problems. 8. What do you consider the major problems associated with beaver? 9. What do you consider the major benefits associated with beaver? 10. Do you feel the benefits to wildlife, fish or watershed offset the damages done by beavers? No Yes NOTE: RETURN COMPLETED FORM TO: John F. Godbee Forest Entomologist Georgia Forestry Commission Box 819 Macon, Georgia 31202 , lilt--,,