Colorado Parks and Wildlife rescue beavers trapped on a property near Colorado Springs

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO)-- A pair of beavers are now safe after being trapped on a property near Colorado Springs on Friday Aug. 4. 

Officials with Colorado Parks and Wildlife Southeast Region (CPW SE Region) stated the beavers’ engineering skills were a bit of a nuisance on Friday after they found themselves trapped on the property of a home near Colorado Springs. 

CPW officials stated they were able to trap the beavers and relocate them to a property near Pueblo that can use their dams to build a habitat. 

Today's @COParksWildlife #wildlife #rescue story is a pair of beavers trapped Friday on a property near #ColoradoSprings where their engineering skills were a nuisance. So we trapped them and relocated them to a property near Pueblo that can use their dams to build habitat. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/0459fXn788

— CPW SE Region (@CPW_SE) August 8, 2023

Beavers, according to CPW SE Region, are nature’s helpers despite being mighty and fierce. 

Their dams slow water which recharges groundwater, reduces erosion, and creates a barrier to wildfires. However, the dams can sometimes interfere with the delivery of irrigation water and  block culverts and flooding roads.