A breach in the dam

The dam. 19 Feb 2014.

I checked the dam twice recently. Once on the 19th, and again today. I'm not surprised, but a little sad, to say that the dam has breached from the heavy snow melt and rain combination.

You can see in the second photograph that the middle section of the dam has breached.

I'll keep an eye out to see how long it takes to repair the damage.

The dam. 23 Feb 2014.

A field of stumps regenerating.

On the 19th, I happened to walk around the old dam site from 2011. That particular dam has been washed out and abandoned some time ago. I was on the right bank of the run, where many trees had been cut down and presumably killed by the beavers. 

Happy news. 

As you can see in these two photographs, most of the trees chose not to die, but rather to regenerate.  You can find an interesting article about the process here: http://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2013/06/adirondack-forestry-stump-sprouting.html.

Stump sprouts.

Meanwhile, a couple videos of the ubiquitous fox and also a raccoon. Hope you enjoy them.

More later.