When beavers dam a stream, wetlands and ponds result that provide food and shelter for many other species. Dams also slow and ...

Beavers build dams for protection. The water cover they create is an effective defense against predators for a semiaquatic rodent. This is all about just having a protected area to move around.

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Have you spotted a beaver dam around Squamish? At first, one might think, “Oh no, is that going to be a problem?” But actually, it’s pretty exciting. While beavers sometimes get a bad ...

Have you spotted a beaver dam around Squamish? At first, one might think, “Oh no, is that going to be a problem?” But actually, it’s pretty exciting. While beavers sometimes get a bad reputation for ...

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In what represents a win-win solution to the problem of beaver dams in waterways around the community, the Kahnawake Environment Protection Office (KEPO) recently began installing ways for water ...

Beavers and the dams they build are not always embraced in the areas where they do their work. But there's a growing recognition that they also are building a kind of natural infrastructure that ...

She soon met the neighbors — about 10 furry lodge dwellers. McCullough realized she had a beaver problem. They live atop a small muddy island and constructed a dam roughly a decade ago. Fuzzy cattails ...