Originally Posted by bcp
After you get a hole in the dam, put in a long drain pipe at the level you want. The beavers don't realize the leak is far from the dam.

Lots of drain pipe ideas, and other methods in this PDF.

https://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/wildlife_pdf/nuisancebeaver.pdf

Bruce

There are several designs of "beaver deceivers", and they work very well. I had chronic problems with beavers trying to plug up the in take to the fish farm until I put one in. Worked for years without trouble.

Sic Semper Tyrannis