Hey Hey Nature Nerds! Welcome to our first full episode for 2023! This week Jen talks all things Beavers! Thanks to listener Bunny Tuna Ducky for the suggestion!

Organization to Support: The Beaver Coalition - beavercoalition.org

The mission of The Beaver Coalition is to empower humans to partner with beavers through education, science, advocacy, and process-based restoration.

As a nonprofit organization, we are dedicated to facilitating a paradigm shift in society’s understanding of beavers. We envision a future in which there is widespread public support for a return of beavers and their work as ecosystem engineers to the waterways of North America. We believe clean, abundant water resources and functioning stream systems are universal needs for the health and wellbeing of people and the places they live.

Links:

https://www.etymonline.com/word/beaver

https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/beaver

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver

https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/news/8-facts-celebrate-international-beaver-day

https://facts.net/beaver-facts/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/62316/11-fascinating-facts-about-beavers

https://www.countryfile.com/wildlife/mammals/guide-to-britains-beavers-their-history-reintroduction-and-where-to-see/

https://furbearerconservation.com/blog/2019/7/20/beaver-attack-in-virginia-river-rehashes-talk-of-zombie-beavers

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/29/beaver-kills-man-belarus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver_attack

https://www.encountersnorth.org/beaver-summary/2017/8/2/beaver-ecology

https://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/our-work/our-projects/scottish-beavers/

https://kingcounty.gov/services/environment/animals-and-plants/beavers/Benefits.aspx

https://www.watereducationcolorado.org/fresh-water-news/scientists-beavers-latest-tool-to-emerge-in-rebuilding-drought-stricken-streams/

https://people.com/pets/beavers-could-help-protect-rivers-from-climate-change-study/#:~:text=A%20study%20conducted%20in%20Colorado's,quality%20during%20times%20of%20drought&text=The%20humble%20beaver%20could%20save,rivers%20threatened%20by%20climate%20change.

https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/rethinking-the-beaver/

https://www.devonwildlifetrust.org/what-we-do/our-projects/river-otter-beaver-trial

https://defenders.org/blog/2022/04/traditional-farming-communities-coexist-beavers

https://www.nwf.org/Magazines/National-Wildlife/2020/August-September/Conservation/Beavers