https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-09-11/baby-beaver-sighting-inspires-hope-for-california-comeback

#Beavers #Nature #Environment #SanFrancisco #SFBA

WSU and Oregon State are the sole Directors. Let the lawsuits begin! #wsu #cougars #osu #beavers #Pac12 https://news.wsu.edu/press-release/2023/09/08/remaining-members-of-pac%E2%80%9112-take-legal-action-to-confirm-governance/

@clive @DKMJ Interesting idea! As the article says: there are ways to handle beaver conflicts - or rather: to prevent the conflicts ever to arise. And #beavers are so skilled at creating super #wetlands, giving space to lots of other species!

"David Haakenson thinks about #water a lot. That’s because the farm he owns in western Washington experiences frequent, catastrophic #floods. And #climatechange is making that trend worse.

“We had floods in October. We had floods in November, December, January, February, and March,” said Haakenson, the owner of Jubilee Farm. “There's this kind of anxiety that involves — like, when you look out on the field and say, ‘Wow, I make my living off that field and now it's a lake.’”

To protect Jubilee Farm, Haakenson is looking to an unlikely ally: Beavers. Because it turns out, beavers might actually offer some real protection against climate impacts like flooding and wildfires — if people can learn to live with them.

#beavers #flood #climatechange #wildfire
https://youtu.be/SQYjecVJs4E

"There is a clear need to bring back the beaver to Britain to help us manage the growing impacts of climate change such as flooding, droughts and wildfires. Unfortunately the environment secretary is delaying the decision on allowing their licensed release into the wild. Indeed she even seems to be considering a potentially disastrous removal of beavers’ protected status, a further sign that this government is weak on environmental issues.”
#Beavers #Wetlands #UKPolitics

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/03/beavers-are-back-but-scientists-fear-defras-silence-on-protection-deal

The #PAC12 is updating their official theme song to be “Older Women” by Ronnie McDowell - because the only teams left in the division are the #Cougars & #Beavers .

#OregonState #WashingtonState #OlderWomen #PAC2

We love being surprised and this story did that! A radical proposal to bring back beavers to New York City.

From Slate: "While you may think that a concrete jungle is not the right place for an animal that clogs up streams with dams, I’m here to tell you that restoring a population of urban beavers could help bring New York City—and, perhaps, other cities like it—into a more prosperous, ecological future."

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#Beavers #Ecology #NYC #Animals

"Partnering With Beavers To Adapt To Climate Change"

#Beavers #Animals #Climate #ClimateChange

https://cleantechnica.com/2023/08/25/partnering-with-beavers-to-adapt-to-climate-change/

#ecology #beavers #arctic

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-beavers-remaking-microbial-ecosystems-arctic.html

"Why beaver-like dams can protect communities from flooding – new research"

#Animals #Beavers

https://theconversation.com/why-beaver-like-dams-can-protect-communities-from-flooding-new-research-211565

Even more beavers! A second kit has been discovered in Staffordshire.

#GoodNews #Beavers #Wildlife #Waterways #Landscape #Management #AndTheyreJustCuteRight?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-66467762

Baby beavers! The first beaver kits born in Sussex for 500 years.

#GoodNews #Beavers #Rewilding #Wetlands #Rivers #Wildlife #Landscape

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjezxl5q12no

Leave It to the Beavers
https://isthmus.com/news/news/leave-it-to-the-beavers/
#ycombinator #beavers #Wisconsin_Department_of_Natural_Resources #Susan_Lampert_Smith

"Yes, #beavers. These web-footed, fat-tailed amphibious #rodents help countless other #critters survive a #heat wave. They not only drench certain landscapes in cold #water but also help #cool the air. They even make #forests and #grasslands less likely to burn. "

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What #beaver dams can teach us about surviving a heat wave - Vox
#ecology

https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/23273240/heat-wave-beavers-climate-change

a bunch of beavers!
#art #sketches #beavers #digitalart

#biber #ecosystem #wildfire
Amazing:
Parachuting #beavers created a fire-resistant wetland

https://flip.it/3mifhh

Beavers relocated to a remote Idaho valley have transformed the landscape into a lush wetland and a haven against fire and drought, satellite imagery shows.

In the 1930s, officials began trapping beavers near cities and towns and dropping them — sometimes by parachute — into remote areas.

https://e360.yale.edu/digest/idaho-beavers-stream-drought-fire

#beavers #monday #nature

If you want some #beavers to build you a dam, apparently the State of California will arrange to get you some. "The state is also running pilot projects to relocate beavers to places where they can be more beneficial."
https://apnews.com/article/california-beaver-preservation-545314e4d850542539076396b70d49cc

#California #Beavers #Conservation

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/26/california-beaver-population-policy

“Prior to beaver trapping, beaver dams were just about everywhere in the West. So what we’re attempting to do is to bring beaver dam densities back to historic levels where possible. In doing so, we’re building important drought resiliency and restoring stream areas.” Wally Macfarlane, researcher at Utah State University

#decolonization #beavers #NativeEcology #resilience

https://e360.yale.edu/digest/idaho-beavers-stream-drought-fire?s=09