CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – Residents near Fox Trail Court in Clarksville have had their properties damaged by a flooded drainage ditch for years, and they’ve figured out why: A family of beavers has been building dams near their homes.
All three beavers have since been killed with a compound bow and arrow. However, questions remain over the flooding in the area, where the water has become stagnant with mosquitos, snakes, spiders and a “sulfur, sewage-like smell.”
Beavers introduce themselves to neighborhood
Ian Blankenship told Clarksville Now the problem started in June 2025 when they moved into their rental property and noticed standing water near the back yard.
“As a month or two had gone by, we started to get this hole in our fence and then noticed we started having beavers come up in the yard,” Blankenship said…