06/22/2024
As many people noticed, last month the wetlands was drained on the town-owned Archibald property, next to Route 13 near the New Boston border. The Conservation Commission was taken by surprise, so we reached out to see what had happened.
The Department of Transportation District 5 said the state DOT tore out the beaver dam because the water level had risen too high and was saturating the gravel under Route 13, causing sinkholes. We had a wet spring and the matter became urgent.
Depending on funding, the DOT may pay someone to trap the beavers, which have begun working to rebuild the dam. The Conservation Commission will discuss with them the possibility of building an overflow culvert or some system of blocking the beavers.
