Beaver Deceivers in the News
Beaver Deceivers Keep Culverts Clear and Beavers Breathing
(photo and article by Sarah Hinckley, Mount Desert Islander) ACADIA NAT’L PARK— Armed with waders, some two-by-fours, a few power tools and 6-inch wire mesh, Skip Lisle worked on Monday to build a beaver deceiver around a culvert under a bridge on the south side of...
Beaver Deceiver: Device aims to mitigate Rail Trail’s dam problem
Skip Lisle, the founder and owner of Beaver Deceiver International, is a conservationist, builder, biologist, inventor and entrepreneur. He worked with Kevin McKeon and Steve Mallon, both of the Sanford-Springvale Trails Committee, to install one of his...
How one man tricked beavers and saved them — and roads — in the process
Bangor Daily News by Aislinn Sarnacki October 10, 2017 Printed Article Knee-deep in muddy water, Skip Lisle wrestled with a metal fence, a key component of his invention, the Beaver Deceiver. On the morning of Sept. 29, deep in the woods of northeast Maine, Lisle...