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 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 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 ...

A groundbreaking study has revealed that brown trout can successfully navigate beaver dams -- obstacles which were previously thought to pose a significant barrier to their movement. A groundbreaking ...

ELKO — Low-tech, human-made dams modeled after beaver dams are being used to restore fire-damaged landscapes in the Elko region, according to a natural resource specialist with the Eastern Nevada ...

Mock beaver dams can jump-start the process, reducing the timing to mere decades. They also can slow the flow of runoff and ...