#Nevada Let 5 Beavers Walk Into a Dead Desert — What They Did With Mud and Sticks Was Unbelievable https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvrA9Q3PZWo #Rewilding

[realjournalism@mastodon.social]

#Nevada Let 5 Beavers Walk Into a Dead Desert — What They Did With Mud and Sticks Was Unbelievable https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvrA9Q3PZWo #Rewilding

[bob@beamship.mpaq.org]

@RealJournalism oh how i wish more you tube vids where on a peertube.

Mother Earth does not need our help 🥰

[cstamp@mastodon.social]

@RealJournalism A text version is here: "It was Carol Evans, a BLM fisheries biologist, who first proposed reintroducing beavers to the area. Her suggestion was initially met with skepticism, as many ranchers viewed beavers as pests that flooded pastures and cut down trees."

LOL, sounds like a typical woman having idea thing, glad it moved forward.

https://www.animalsaroundtheglobe.com/the-story-of-a-town-saved-by-beavers-1-317453/

[cstamp@mastodon.social]

@RealJournalism "A 2005 economic analysis estimated that the beaver reintroduction had generated approximately $2.2 million in annual agricultural benefits for the county, at a fraction of the cost that would have been required for engineered solutions."

The same people who initially were against it because beaver were pest.

[woodenmachines@mastodon.social]

@RealJournalism from what I understand much of the west was like this before beaver hats became fashionable. Of course the ranchers that later came took care of the rest.

Humans, not my favorite species

There is a book titled Eager that offers a good understanding of the #beaver