Gettysburg battlefield beavers flood the Valley of Death

Beavers have created a large pond in the Valley of Death at Gettysburg National Military Park after damming Plum Run. The National Park Service has adopted the policy of not removing the beavers except as a last resort to avoid damage to park monuments or roads.

[@donb7113]

As long as they don’t damage the bridges, or flood the roads, I didn’t mind their pond. In fact, I like that they were there as part of the scenery.

[@NLPaynter]

Beavers are a keystone species. Out west in desert areas if there is a stream with a trickle of water beavers dams flood areas of desert into lush habitat. It provides food, water, breeding ground, etc. Over acres and acres they restore the landscape. They also cool the area. They are an invaluable resource for life of the landscape.

[@drfoxcourt]

I consider this to be a very good thing for the park overall. Youcan't (and shouldn't) go overland so the soldier's eye view for the Confederate right isn't practical. There are pictures of the site post-battle, and oodles more of them since by park and private photographers. It does no dishonor to the fallen to have nature move in, move over, and bring beauty to the horrors that must have happened there. Let the land be healed.

[@csm9105]

Agree

[@boondocker7964]

High water mark of the Beavers?

[@JamesHale-lc4ub]

What can be done to restore the park to the 1863 view the park has done so much to restore the wood lots at great cost can't understand why anyone would think a lake in the valley of death is ok

[@MaineatWarBattlefieldsMonument]

On the website for Gettysburg National Military Park, the National Park Service indicates it has no plans to remove the beavers. I do wonder if the current administration at Gettysburg suffers from Yellowstone or Yosemite envy ...

[@csm9105]

I go to Gettysburg all the time. I have no problem with the beavers.

[@StressfullySnipes]

What tax bracket are the beavers in?

[@michaelvaughn8864]

The 50% bracket last I looked😂😂

[@phillipcudd5712]

There's plenty of beavers in the world. They could easily be moved elsewhere. If the area wasn't historically flooded by beavers during the battle they should be moved. That would be in keeping with the overall plan of presenting the land as it appeared in 1863.

[@mickeymeader1715]

Wouldn't that require eliminating the various tar roads throughout the park including South Confederate Ave, Sykes Avenue, Crawford Avenue and Warren Avenue along with removal of all monuments?

[@kennethzullick6897]

With all the paths and steps they installed at Devil's Den and Little Round Top it will never look like 1863 again anyway, leave the Beavers alone.

[@Jon.A.Scholt]

Let the beavers stay.