Beaver dams created by humans? That’s right! At Taylor Mountain Regional Park and Open Space Preserve we recently restored an eroded creek channel without the use of heavy machinery or fossil fuels by working with Upstream Ecology and North Bay Jobs With Justice to build beaver dam analogs (aka BDAs) – hand-built structures that mimic real beaver dams. These slow the flow of water, reduce erosion and help revive meadows and wildlife habitat. It’s called process-based restoration: a way for peopl

Repeat after me … BEAVERS DO NOT LIVE IN DAMS! Dams are solid structures built to hold back water when a beaver family needs more water for their habitat. Beavers do not live in dams. Beaver homes are called lodges. This quick video shows a beaver adding mud to its dam at a small beaver pond in Saskatoon. #beavers #wildlifephotography | Mike’s photos and videos of beavers

10K views · 260 reactions | Did you know that a social weaver nest is one of the largest structures built by a bird colony in the world! ‍⬛#birds #fbviral #fyp #reels #ivancarter #weaver #nests #Wow #amazing #MakingADifference | Ivan Carter | Facebook