"Beavers and Climate Resilience"

"When beavers build dams, they create reservoirs that store water and replenish groundwater supplies."

"Beavers are considered pests when they chop down trees and dam waterways that are valuable to people . . . but one person’s scourge may be another’s savior.

Biologists have found that nuisance beavers can be removed from streams near roads and agriculture and relocated to where their work is welcome – places like Washington State’s Methow Valley, which has suffered from extreme drought.

Beavers released in the valley have built dams and created ponds that now serve as precious reservoirs – providing much-needed surface water and recharging depleted groundwater supplies."

Diana Madson reports for Yale Climate Connections June 16, 2016.