Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 08:38:51 -0400
From: elizabeth barbone
Subject: To all about the beavers
To all about the beavers, NC apparently has strict rules about trapping them – please see ncwildlife.org or the below:
Resolving Types of Damage:
Flooding <http://www.ncwildlife.org/
Tree Girdling <http://www.ncwildlife.org/
Damage to Small Ponds <http://www.ncwildlife.org/
Options for Removing Beavers and Dams:
Beaver Management Assistance Program (BMAP) – Click here <https://usda-aphis.maps.
Trapping – Trapping is the most effective and practical method for beaver population control and management.
Beaver cannot be live-trapped and relocated in North Carolina. Trapped beavers must be released on site or euthanized.
You must follow all applicable state laws and regulations <http://www.ncwildlife.org/
During the beaver trapping season (Nov. 1 through March 31):
In many cases, landowners need to do no more than contact a local trapper <http://www.ncwildlife.org/
A landowner can trap on his/her own land without a trapping license. However, you must follow all trapping laws. <http://www.ncwildlife.org/
Outside the beaver trapping season (Apr. 1-Oct. 31):
A depredation permit is not required for beaver population control for landowners whose property has been damaged by beaver. Landowners may obtain assistance from other persons in taking the depredating beaver by giving those persons permission to take beaver on the landowner’s property. (G.S. 113-291.9). Those providing assistance do not need a hunting or trapping license, provided they are not selling any parts from beaver removed. Those providing assistance must have permission from the landowner to hunt or trap.
A depredation permit is required if: the landowner sells beaver parts and pelts taken outside of the beaver trapping season. Someone assisting the landowner may sell the beaver parts or pelts under this permit.
For assistance outside the season:
Click here for a list of licensed trappers <http://www.ncwildlife.org/
Click here for a list of Wildlife Damage Control Agents (WDCA) <http://www.ncwildlife.org/
Click here to learn basic beaver trapping techniques <http://www.ncwildlife.org/
Click here for best management practices (BMPs) for beaver trapping <https://www.fishwildlife.org/
Shooting – There is an open season for taking beaver with firearms or archery equipment throughout the year. Permission must be obtained from the owner or lessee of the land on which the beaver is being taken. A hunting license is not required when shooting beaver that have caused property damage. However, shooting of beaver not causing damage does require a valid license AND permission from the landowner or lessee if on another’s property.
Beaver dams may be removed or breached to restore normal water level and stream flow.
It is illegal to disturb an active beaver lodge. The lodge is a separate structure from the dam. If the lodge must be disturbed to assist in resolving a conflict, contact NCWRC for a permit to do so.