re: How to get rid of beavers?

I built a small duck hole about 1.5 acres. A few years ago they moved in and chewed down every cypress I had planted around the edges.

I busted their dam, but they just built it back. I live over an hour away, so I couldn't just stay after them. I conceded and just let them have it. They raised the water level about a foot and managed to kill a couple of oaks I had left around the edges to flood out, but the pond is bigger now, and more open with the dead trees. I stopped worrying about it and let nature take it's course.

It still attracts wood ducks and is more visible from the air, so all in all, they aren't the worst thing that could happen for my particular situation.