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1. "Beavers: Nature's Engineers" - National Geographic. This article provides an overview of the role of beavers in nature and their importance as an engineering species. It covers the beavers' ability to shape their environment and the benefits they bring to their ecosystems. It also looks at the challenges beavers face in the modern world and how humans can help protect them. 2. "Beavers Reintroduced to Scotland After 400 Years" - BBC News. This article looks at the reintroduction of beavers to Scotland after an absence of four centuries. It explains how the species was hunted to extinction in the 1700s and how conservationists are now bringing them back. The article also explores the benefits that beavers could bring to the environment and how they could help to restore damaged ecosystems. 3. "The Amazing Ability of Beavers to Engineer Their Environment" - YouTube. This video explores the engineering capabilities of beavers and their ability to transform their environment. It looks at the different ways in which they build dams, canals and lodges, and how their activities benefit the wider ecosystem. The video also looks at the challenges that beavers face and how humans can help protect them.
Pavel Mikoska/Shutterstock by Jack Marley, The Conversation Beavers, those iron-toothed rodents with a talent for hydraulic engineering, can legally return to English river catchments after an absence of 500 years. Castor fiber has been on the way back for the last two decades thanks to unauthorised reintroductions. But until a few weeks ago, an enclosure…
The Wet Beaver Wilderness in Coconino National Forest in Arizona is one of many designated wilderness areas in the U.S. Deborah Lee Soltesz by Leisl Carr Childers, Colorado State University and Michael Childers, Colorado State University As summer approaches, millions of Americans begin planning or taking trips to state and national parks, seeking to explore…
The campaign is led by Riverscapes Partnership, The Rivers Trust, National Trust, Woodland Trust and Beaver Trust. These organisations are advocating for simple, accessible initiatives to be implemented at a local level to develop a countrywide waterway system which will support nature restoration and biodiversity improvements. Farmers and other land…
Tending to landscape means making space for the local wildlife that depends on it. But when that wildlife is a group of industrious beavers determined to turn your water management system into their dream pond, things get a little more complicated.