{"id":447,"date":"2010-05-25T10:22:30","date_gmt":"2010-05-25T14:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/lowered-beaver-pond.html"},"modified":"2010-05-25T10:22:30","modified_gmt":"2010-05-25T14:22:30","slug":"lowered-beaver-pond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/lowered-beaver-pond.html","title":{"rendered":"Lowered Beaver Pond"},"content":{"rendered":"Did the\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2010\/04\/draining-a-beaver-pond.html\">\ngreat beaver dam pipe experiment<\/a>\nsucceed?\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/4639088014\/\" title=\"Pipe by faul, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3407\/4639088014_db83ac6470.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Pipe\" \/><\/a>\n<p>\nWhy yes, yes it did.\nYou can see one of the pipes underneath the second log.\nAnd the water in the beaver pond is clearly lower.\n<p>\nMaybe the beavers won&#8217;t\n<a href=\"http:\/\/riskman.typepad.com\/canopy_roads\/2010\/04\/overactive-beavers.html\n\">gnaw down as many trees.<\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/4639085080\/\" title=\"Gnawed by faul, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4007\/4639085080_7db1fbac03_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"Gnawed\" \/><\/a>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s where the water goes:\n\n<!--more-->\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/4638482179\/\" title=\"Downstream by faul, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3356\/4638482179_c332e7e339.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Downstream\" \/><\/a>\n<p>\nThe pipe is open; water is running through.\nYou may wonder why the water is also lower <em>below<\/em> this beaver dam.\nBecause we put a pipe in the next dam down, too.\n<p>\nAn amusing oak arch:\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/4639093796\/\" title=\"Arch by faul, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4039\/4639093796_b6f2984d4c.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Arch\" \/><\/a>\n<p>\nLower water level:\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/4638487727\/\" title=\"Poison Ivy by faul, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4012\/4638487727_924b319d1c.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Poison Ivy\" \/><\/a>\n<p>\nWith poison ivy!\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Did the great beaver dam pipe experiment succeed? 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