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Billo and a student also fenced off some areas with chicken wire to see whether ravenous mountain beavers — chunky rodents that love to dine on fronds — could be the culprit.

It lives on the mountain beaver, which is an abundant species, but it had not been photographed until recently.

Much to our surprise, the mountain beaver ambled agreeably from the trap into the bag.

The Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands — which includes jagged bluffs as well as tidal pools and sand dunes — provides habitat for several types of migratory waterfowl as well as the threatened Point Arena mountain beaver.

The path will include stops to view an eagles nest and a mountain beaver colony.