GC651PK Fun Beaver Facts!
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: Nickygeo, Spenny! @ | Hide Date: 10/10/2015 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 41.860 W105° 25.477 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
           

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Planted this ammo can on a splendid October day. Fellow geocacher Spenny and I set out fairly early to find a cache downstream that hadnt been found in five years. We found it filled with water after a short search! You can chose your own adventure when deciding on the best route to get to g.z.. We took the path along the creek. Happy hunting!!

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• Beavers use goggles too! Beavers possess a set of transparent eyelids which enable them to see under water.
• Beavers are second only to humans in their ability to manipulate their environment - the largest dam in existence is located in Wood Buffalo National Park, Alberta, Canada. It stretches for 850m, and is visible from space. 
• Beavers homes, called lodges, are domelike constructions built from branches and mud. They are positioned in open water for protection from predators and have underwater entrance holes.
• Beavers don’t mind the cold, they can be seen active throughout winter and maintain use of their ponds even when covered with a layer of ice.
• Beavers are among the largest rodents on earth. Their large rodent teeth never stop growing. The beavers constant gnawing on wood keeps their teeth from growing too long.
• There are two species of beaver; the North American beaver and the European beaver. Although very similar in appearance and behaviour, the two species are not geneticallycompatable.
• The work of beavers makes them a keystone species in maintaining habitats that are relied on by many others. As well as wetland, beavers create standing dead wood (by drowning some trees) which is inhabited by insects, and in turn attracts bird life. 
• Beavers are good house guests. Their lodges typically contain two dens, one for drying off after entering the lodge under water, and a second, dryer den where the family will live and socialise.
• Beavers have been known to share their lodges with families of muskrats!
• A beaver will fell a particular tree for a particular reason; a large mature tree will be felled to form the basis of a dam. A young, second growth tree will be felled for food. Beavers will also fell broad-leaved trees to encourage re growth (food) closer their reach.
• Beavers use their broad, stiff tails like rudders to steer under water, and for balance while sitting on land. They also use their tails to slap the water as a warning of danger, or a warning to keep away.

 

07/25/2018 By Team DigDog
Another great bushwhack adventure with Greasepot ^..^! Loved this cozy tucked-away resting spot. TFTC!

07/24/2018 By Greasepot
10:23:00 AM Out grabbing a few caches today with Team DigDawg. Thanks! Fun walk down here. Walked down to the reservoir and then took the trail on the south side of the creek down to the cache, Then crossed the river near the cache. I was going to go after this Oct. 2016 - but I got turned away because of construction. Beautiful area and hardly any muggles.

05/18/2018 By Wulff Pack
Hiked up to Fun Beaver Facts from Ed's Thinkin' Spot w/ my two geo-dogs (Loki and Kota), although Kota disappeared before I reached the geocache. The lofty rock summit gave me a good perch upon which to call for dog, but no avail. So I looked through geocache, spotted a nice coin, which I swapped with a Tampa Bay Port coin I was carrying (it did not have a code that I could see, but I picked it up on the Florida Panhandle a few weeks back). Well done, nice hiding spot and cache. Thanks!

(I did find Kota about a 1/4-mile up the trail. He was promptly leashed for the duration)

10/27/2016 By Back Country Horsemen
Yes, the reservoir is under some type of construction, but it isn't part of the open space so it is never open to the public anyway according to signs posted at the trail near the reservoir. So I was able to ride to within 50' or so of this cache. The further down the gulch you get, the steeper it is, but wouldn't be too bad for an off trail hike. It took me a while to find the cache due to GPS bounce in the canyon & around the big rock outcrop. I did drop a trackable coin.

10/24/2016 By Greasepot
This was going to be my cache of the day. But, they are doing construction at the reservoir, and it is currently closed until April. The Beaver Brook Trail is open. We parked on Old Squaw Pass road. It is closed until April 2017.