Beavers and the dams they build promote sediment deposition and modify channel and floodplain morphology and physical complexity. Beaver activities may result in increased watershed-scale water and ...

The descendants of black-bear-sized giants who could haul massive rocks with their mouths, modern Castor canadensis once numbered as many as 400 million in North America. Felling mighty trees with ...

High in the mountains west of Fort Collins, teams of scientists and engineers are pretending to be beavers. They may not be swimming or chewing trees, but researchers with the U.S. Forest Service and ...

Low-tech, human-made dams modeled after beaver dams are being used to restore fire-damaged landscapes in the Elko region, ...

Vermont’s Agency of Natural Resources may trap and remove beavers from 21 state-owned dams impacted by beaver-induced debris. The plan is an effort to comply with new technical standard dam safety ...