“They dig underground through the water and reach the roots,” says Elbers. “So they continue happily.” The beech trees started to change color in August, a sign that things are going badly. So the trees have now been pruned. With fewer branches and leafy greenery, the tree also needs less energy. Elbers: “But they won’t make it, eventually they will die.”
Despite measures, beavers gnaw old beech trees at Amerongen Castle: ‘Eventually they die’
