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    Calling All Busy Beavers: Come to Cleveland Metroparks this August to See the Beavers!

    News & Press | July 2010

    Calling All Busy Beavers: Come to Cleveland Metroparks this August to See the Beavers!

    Posted: July 21, 2010
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    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

    JULY 20, 2010

     

    FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

    BOB ROTATORI - 216-635-3263 -or- 

    JESSICA PIKE - 216-635-3275

     

    Cleveland Metroparks invites "busy beavers" to take time
    out of their busy schedules to learn more about North America's
    largest rodent - the beaver - at the following free programs in
    August:

     

    Beavers do it Best

    Saturday, August 7 � 1 - 3 p.m.

    Rogers Road parking lot � North Chagrin Reservation

    Let's give beavers their due; they are superb water management
    engineers! Wear sturdy, wettable shoes for this rugged 4-mile,
    off-trail hike to see the work of beavers in the
    ChagrinRiverValley. Children, 12 and under, should have adult
    supervision to attend the event. Rogers Road parking lot is located
    off Rogers Road in North Chagrin Reservation, off Chagrin River
    Road, between Chardon Road/Route 6 and Wilson Mills Road in Gates
    Mills.  For more information, call 440-473-3370. 

     

    North America's Largest Rodent!

    Sunday, August 8 � 4 - 5 p.m.

    Rocky River Nature Center � Rocky River Reservation

    Take a hike with a naturalist in search of the beaver, North
    America's largest rodent. Evidence of beaver is set all around
    Cleveland Metroparks wetlands. Help find which of the four lodges
    the beaver family is now stationed. Rocky RiverNatureCenter is
    located at 24000 Valley Parkway in Rocky River Reservation, north
    of Cedar Point Road in North Olmsted. For more information, call
    440-734-6660.

     

    The beaver is North America's largest rodent, and the world's
    second largest, after the capybara of South America. Beavers are
    heavy-set animals with small, rounded ears, short legs and large,
    webbed hind feet. Beavers live in and around ponds, marshes,
    rivers, and wetlands. They eat bark of such trees as beech, maple,
    willow birch, alder, and aspen, as well as aquatic vegetation, buds
    and roots. There is even a special flap of skin behind the front
    teeth that allows bark gnawing underwater without getting a mouth
    full of water or wood chips.Beavers communicate in a variety of
    ways: postures, scent marking, vocalizations, and slapping their
    tailes on water, which can be heard up to a mile away. 

     

    Learn more about North America's largest rodent with Cleveland
    Metroparks - part of your life naturally.



     



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