Big Chico Creek stopped by beavers
photo by Gary D. Brune copyright 2007
Big Chico Creek as shot from the major bridge at Chico State two days before workers with the city of Chico and the California Department of Fish and Game modified a beaver dam to re-establish water flow. Dr.David Brown, professor in the Geological and Environmental Sciences department of Chico State, said that this was the first time he had observed the flow had stopped in 10 years.