WILMETTE, Ill. (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A beaver is wreaking havoc in a park on the lakefront in Wilmette.
Wilmette resident Ted Marshall started seeing and documenting the damage around Thanksgiving in Gillson Park.
Wilmette Park District Executive Director Steve Wilson said capturing the beaver now will be a "waste of money" with cold temperatures around the corner.
Wilson said some of the trees have so much damage that they likely will not survive.
“This is new for me," he said. "(The beavers like) mostly birchwood trees.”
Some of the trees that fell were planted as part of memorials of late Wilmette residents. Wilson said Wilmette will cover the cost of re-planting them.
“Many of the trees were memorial trees, some we’re going to try to contact the families and work with them in replacing those."