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DeGregorio said his team is studying the behaviors of beavers through flow-control structures to gain more knowledge of how the devices affect beavers and their environment.

The town of Bolton is working to battle beaver issues.

Submitted by Kootenay Conservation Program Here’s a question. What well-known animal is quickly becoming a true climate change celebrity? Think roly-poly body, wee squat legs, yellowy buckteeth, that pear-shaped profile on the Canadian nickel. Indeed, the lowly beaver may often be disregarded and in some circles despised. But for a landscape facing wildfire, drought or floods,

Wetland hero helps Kootenay scientists mitigate climate change

A series of beaver dams in the body of water abutting Stowe’s Memorial Park illustrates that contractors aren’t the only ones who have been contributing to increased residential development in

The ‘highly skilled environmental engineers’ can help to store precious water and rejuvenate land ravaged by climate change. Just don’t dynamite their homes.

The North American beaver is a keystone species, or an organism that supports an entire biological community. However, their engineering projects can put them at odds with humans when they cause damage to roads and other human property. In an online...

HALIFAX — Keystone species are those that have a disproportionately large effect on their habitats.

Blamed for flooded fields, damaged roads and the occasional death, the beaver, which has played a seminal role in Canadian history, is now viewed by many as a problem, not a point of national pride.

While Albany has large drinking water reservoirs fed by a multitude of tributaries,...