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Why 2020 Has Been Good For #England's #Beavers
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"Beavers have been dubbed the ultimate #EnvironmentalEngineers, capable of alleviating #flooding and sparking new life into barren wildernesses. They are perhaps most famous for their #dams, and it is...
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"Beavers have been dubbed the ultimate #EnvironmentalEngineers, capable of alleviating #flooding and sparking new life into barren wildernesses. They are perhaps most famous for their #dams, and it is...
... these that bring the #EcologicalBenefits according to the @BeaverTrust, a campaign group that wants to see the rodents reintroduced "in the right places" in #England. They #gnaw down nearby #trees with their incredibly tough orange teeth and collect other debris...
... to #dam up #streams, creating #ponds and #pools behind to dwell in. They also dig #canals so they can #forage for the #foliage they liked to feed on, with the accumulating #water creating #wetlands for other #species, such as #frogs, #dragonflies and #fish to flourish...
... in. Their #dams also slow #WaterFlow, relieving #flooding problems further down stream while pooling water for #droughts, according to Eva Bishop of the @BeaverTrust. "The right #beaver in the right place can be amazing," she said. " #Beavers create a whole mosaic of...
... diverse #habitats and allow a flourishing #biodiversity and #bioabundance. They have a genuine macro-scale impact and they are a key part of our tool kit to rescue our #wildlife. #Beavers bring life." Ms Bishop said she recognised the concerns of both #farmers...
and #anglers and accepted that a " #beaver in the wrong place can be a disaster". But she said there were "easy and cheap" fixes, with lessons already learned from releases in #Germany and #Norway, as well as those in #Wales and #Scotland. In #Devon #beavers were given the...
... right to remain and spread naturally on the #RiverOtter by the Department of Food, Environment and Rural Affairs ( #DEFRA) after a five-year concluded that the benefits that they bring outweigh the negatives. Meanwhile, a pair of #beavers released on the #SpainsHallEstate...
... near #Braintree in #Essex in 2019 have had #kits, and the #beavers in #Somerset have just built the first #dam on #Exmoor in 400 years. #Farmer Chris Jones, who recently appeared on the #BBC's #Cornwall with Simon Reeve , has enthusiastically welcomed #beavers to his...
land. The #livestock rearer introduced two #beavers into an enclosure around a #stream at #WoodlandValleyFarm in 2017 and said they had started building their first #dam within two nights. They have since built a series of #dams, creating what Mr Jones called...
... "water terraces". Mr Jones said the nearby #village of #Ladock has a history of repeated #flooding, but the #beavers had helped to slow the flow from the #stream on his #farm. "The #water from here doesn't all end land up in one lump down at the #river at #Ladock, adding...
... adding to all the lumps from the other tributaries and then causing a #flood," Mr Jones said. He also said the #pools the #beavers created had sparked an "orchestra of life", adding: "There is no #species that does as much as this one." Ms Bishop said we spend large sums...
... on #FloodRelief schemes that echo the work of #beavers, such as building #dams to slow #streams and #rivers and make them meander more. "It's bonkers, really," she said, adding: "The #beaver will do it for free and, crucially, maintain it."
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