Plan-to-reintroduce-beavers-to-wild
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I believe that on a well populated island like ours they could cause havoc with their dams. Blocking streams/rivers and disrupting water supplies for agriculture/livestock. It would be good to see them back though. They would create more bio-diversity in the regions they were introduced which can only be a good thing.
Much of the current flooding problems we are seeing are down to a mix of the increasing intensity of weather events and the poor state of our watersheds.
There is increasing realisation that restoring river meanders, pools, floodplain woodlands etc will de-synchronise watercourses and decrease the flashiness of catchments.
Beavers are part of this sort of restoration. Far from causing havoc, beavers could help reduce it!
There is increasing realisation that restoring river meanders, pools, floodplain woodlands etc will de-synchronise watercourses and decrease the flashiness of catchments.
Beavers are part of this sort of restoration. Far from causing havoc, beavers could help reduce it!
Wow - you can take our Canadian beaver over here. We have over population with some of them here in Ontario - its amazing how beavers can shape landscape. Its the animal on our 5 cent coin!
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