K30a,

Muskrats are a fluke due to my/our country garden and about 10" of rain
after the 10" of snow melted this spring. They dug, they saw, they
conquered, and they moved on! I raised my annual number of toadpoles this
spring in the upper stream system, before our stream went to crap, as usual.
Point is, don't build a 400' stream system (with 7 ponds along the way)
unless you're planning on making a career of it. Mice eat the edges (under
the bridges when the pumps are turned off) and when the pumps are turned
back on, there are leaks everywhere because of the lowered water level and
the mice gnawing to the water's edge.

RGB
Zone 5 OH


"K30a" wrote in message
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Hi RGB,
Glad to see you 'back'.

Are you going to do rip rap around the sides?

I'm wondering if setting up a pre-emptive trap will catch them before they
dig.... or if they'll leave the trapped one behind and go off and dig
anyway?

Muskrat trapping is usually legal most anywhere, especially if a state has
a
sizeable cranberry crop.

Your fish and wildlife service ought to be able to help.

Let us know what happens!

k30a