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    Beavers Engineer Long-Delayed Czech Wetlands Project

    Beavers Engineer Long-Delayed Czech Wetlands Project

    A colony of eight beavers in the Czech Republic have flooded and built dams on a former army training site that is now a protected area, saving taxpayers $1.2 million, reported AFP. Officials had wanted to construct a dam to protect endangered crayfish in the Klabava River from acidic water and sediment spilling into the […]

    Beavers to Be Reintroduced to English Wetlands After 400 Years

    Beavers to Be Reintroduced to English Wetlands After 400 Years

    Native to England, Wales and Scotland, the Eurasian beaver was hunted to extinction in the 16th century, according to The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. But they have been slowly returning to England and conservationists say they are now being reintroduced to the Nene Wetlands nature reserve in Northamptonshire, England, for the first […]