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Aerial imagery shows multiple beaver colonies in Rattlesnake Creek; most occupy side channels
Summary
Using aerial imagery and a dam-capacity model, Tory Ritter reported finding 7–10 visible beaver colonies in the Rattlesnake Creek drainage, typically occupying off-channel wetlands and side channels rather than the main spring-runoff-dominated channel.
Tory Ritter, nongame wildlife biologist with Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, used aerial imagery to map beaver activity in the Rattlesnake Creek drainage and reported finding between seven and 10 visible beaver colonies.
"What I found on aerial imagery is somewhere between 7 and 10 beaver colonies along Rattlesnake Creek," Ritter said, noting that additional…
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