Monica Reed

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Wreaking havoc in Hopkinsville

Along Country Club Lane in Hopkinsville, the water was high and creeping toward a parking lot! It’s been a mystery to the assistant director of the Hopkinsville Public Works department.

“This doesn’t usually hold water,” said Dave Herndon. “It was kind of creeping up towards the parking lot, and we don’t want anyone’s vehicle to flood or anything like that.”

The blockage wasn’t a coincidence, it was happening for a reason.

“They had just completely dammed up about half of, about half the culvert you see there,” said Herndon.

Herndon found some very “damming” evidence.

It turns out, the “damming” evidence pointed to some eager beavers.

Just down the way, on a nearby creek, it was a similar story. Beavers stacked sticks and debris so high, it took heavy machinery to remove the beaver dam and get water flowing again. The removal was Friday but by Monday, the water was dammed back up.

But because nature’s little construction workers are so active, the Hopkinsville Public Works department may have no choice but to evict the eager beavers.

How do you actually find the beavers?

Hopkinsville Public Works plans to set out humane animal traps, in hopes of capturing and relocating the animals. They hope to settle them in a stream that won’t cause any nearby homes to flood.

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