Bringing Back the Beaver: The Story of One Man's Quest to Rewild Britain's Waterways

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One of the things I love about them is that they’re so easy to empathize with. We humans love rearranging our surroundings to maximize our own human shelter and beavers do the exact same thing! They’re incre Madsen, Axl (January 30, 2001). John Jacob Astor: America's First Multimillionaire. Wiley. pp.2, 4, 49, 226–231. ISBN 9780471385035.

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deliberately disturb a beaver - this includes any action likely to impair their ability to survive, breed or rear their young That’s important in Britain because it’s a rainy place with lots of flooding issues. There is some great research on reintroduced beaver colonies in Devon, southwest England, showing that their ponds and wetlands are fantastic when it comes to mitigating flood damage. As floods race downstream, the water gets stored in the ponds and disbursed outward to the surrounding wetlands. This research team from Exeter, in Devon, has shown that beavers swallow up 30 percent of the water during your typical big rain event. So, a lot of beaver reintroductions in the U.K. now are motivated by flood damage reduction, which is another cool function of beavers. Bring it home for us, Ben, by summing up what you love about beavers, and what you think the future holds for them. Callahan, M. (April 2005). "Best Management Solutions for Beaver Problems" (PDF). Association of Massachusetts Wetland Scientists: 12–14. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022.

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