This adorable critter is a mountain beaver I met while visiting the Wildlife Center of the North Coast. The definition of a homebody, these beavers rarely venture far from their nests, and have been known to stay at the same site for several years before relocating. They often live alone, but may form groups if habitat and food resources are limited to a small area.#beaver #animal #wildlife #male #PhotoArk | Joel Sartore, Photographer

This isn't a gopher or a vole... it's an endangered POINT ARENA MOUNTAIN BEAVER! You may not come across these mammals that often because they generally spend 23 hours of the day underground. This individual was found lodged between rocky bluffs and a parking lot wall, while also evading attacking gulls and ravens! Whether it fell or intentionally thought this was a good place to dig a burrow, it wasn’t getting out on its own. Our biologist Greg Schmidt came through to safely extract the stresse

Beaver Mtn is now CLOSED for the season. Thank you to everyone that joined the party on closing day and to everyone that came out and tested their skills on “BoxZilla.” What a FUN day! Thank you for another amazing season at Beaver Mountain! #skithebeav #thankyou #seeyanextseason #beavFAM | Beaver Mountain