Stop 14 Trees saved from beavers. Willow trees provide another habitat along the pond's edge for songbirds. Notice that most of these willows show scars from beavers attempting to chew them down for food. The trees were saved by surrounding their bases with wire rather than removing the beavers. Stop 15 Wildlife movements.
Many animals move from the mountain slopes to the valley and back each day.
Ospreys may nest on the slopes but feed in the ponds or Kootenai River. White-tailed deer roam the lush fields or meadows at night but seek shelter in the forest or cattail during the day. Stop 16 Wetlands provide us many benefits. During your hike around the trail, you learned some of the values of a wetland such as Island Pond. Hopefully, you experienced seeing and hearing the great variety of life existing in this environment.