Clay Township supervisor Dave Beachem stands on a bridge with one of the many beaver huts in the background in February. Butler Eagle File Photo

CLAY TWP — The township may be getting close to a solution to its long-standing beaver dam problem, and not a moment too soon.

At a meeting in late April, Butler County commissioners approved a temporary easement and right-of-way agreement with the Moraine Preservation Fund. The agreement would allow them access to property in the township that is in danger of flooding due to damming from beavers.

The agreement will allow the fund to help both the township and the county assess the best means of safely removing the dams. The easement allows access to property surrounding an old railroad bed just off Beaver Dam Road, which has been unused for decades.

“It’s been like this for a while,” county Commissioner Kevin Boozel said. “Remember, it’s on Beaver Dam Road.”