BUTTE — Admirers of the toothy rodents refer to the furbearers as ecosystem engineers. Others view beavers and their dam-building expertise as gnawing nuisances, leading to the human equivalent of ...
Beaver-built wetlands can store carbon in stream sediments up to 10 times faster than unmodified waterways, according to a ...
A year after the completion of a major environmental restoration project on Whychus Creek — including conversion of cow pasture into a floodplain — beavers are returning to the area, a sign that ...