Wildlife specialist presents beaver trapping workshop

  • KSU Wildlife Specialist Drew Ricketts was at the Cherokee County Research and Extension Office in Columbus for a beaver trapping workshop March 4. Attendees are shown how Ricketts sets his own traps in the openings of beaver dens. Photo by Jacob Spencer.
    KSU Wildlife Specialist Drew Ricketts was at the Cherokee County Research and Extension Office in Columbus for a beaver trapping workshop March 4. Attendees are shown how Ricketts sets his own traps in the openings of beaver dens. Photo by Jacob Spencer.
    With the assistance of an in-depth slide show and a number of visual aids, KSU Wildlife Specialist Drew Ricketts presented a beaver trapping workshop at the Cherokee County K-State Research and Extension office March 4. Attendees were taught about the animal’s biology and various ways to capture them. “I’ve been trapping since I was a young kid,” Ricketts s...

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