Do beaver dams really make flooding worse? Research casts doubt on beavers as flood culprits

Beavers (Castor canadensis) are widely recognized as ecosystem engineers, building dams that reshape water flow and alter the ...
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Stowe officials contend with beavers building dams near a downtown park

A family of beavers are constructing a metropolis above Memorial Park, including an expansive dam that’s creating a pool upstream. Photo by Patrick Bilow/Stowe Reporter This story by Patrick Bilow was ...
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Co-existing with beavers: Corvallis, nonprofits try new tactic in bypassing dams

A beaver dam built near a popular walkway became the testing ground for a different way to control the depth of its pond.
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New study uncovers surprising effect of beavers' dam-building behavior: 'I would not have expected [this]'

Beavers have a reputation for reshaping rivers and wetlands, but new research shows that their dam-building behavior also supports local bat populations. A recent study published in the Journal of ...