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Being beavers

A group of people use shovels to dig within a stream.
Meadow restoration experts and trainees from Trout Unlimited, Anabranch Solutions, and the Tübatulabal Tribe work to create a beaver dam analog in Troy Meadow on the Sequoia National Forest, July 2023. (USDA Forest Service photo by Jamie Hinrichs) Listen to the Story It appears that your…
#Wetlands, #Beavers

Firefighting beavers

Five people standing in knee-deep water and celebrating. Right side shows three aerial images of the same place, over time.
A Beaver eating a willow branch. (USDA Forest Service Photo) When you think of beavers, what comes to mind? Busy engineers, pesky rodents, or how about firefighters?You may already know that beavers are a keystone species, meaning many other species of animals, plants and people in the…
#Beavers, #AquaticRestoration