Submitted by cehatch on
Date:
Sunday, July 25, 2021
Place name or River name:
Herman Covey Wildlife Management Area
Watershed:
Swift River
Latitude:
42°15'3.77" N
Longitude:
72°20'48.01" W
Description/Comments:
On July 17, intense rains after several wet weeks overwhelmed a 70-year-old beaver dam in Herman Covey Wildlife Management Area in Belchertown (foreground). Floodwaters rushed into a second beaver pond (upper right), where the flood wave was largely captured and attenuated.
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