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The UK Government hopes that the presence of the beavers on Forestry Commission land will help to alleviate flooding in a natural way as the animals will construct dams and ponds, slowing the flow of water in the area. The village of Lydbrook was badly affected by flooding in 2012.
Beavers should be reintroduced in Leicestershire to combat flooding in the area, an MP has said. Alberto Costa, who represents South Leicestershire, claims dams built by the creatures "help reduce ...
A consultation on reintroducing the dam-building rodents across England closes on November 17. Public must join the fight to bring back the beaver, says wildlife trust Skip to main content
Natural England chairman Tony Juniper says investing in nature is important even in times of economic hardship.
In a pilot study in Washington, the Lands Council is reintroducing beavers to the upper Methow River Valley in the eastern Cascades to evaluate its projections that if 10,000 miles (16,000 km) of suitable habitat were repopulated, then 650 trillion gallons of spring runoff would be held back for release in the arid autumn season. [64]
White stork were observed raising chicks in the UK for the first time in 600 years at Knepp in 2020. [31] Beavers were re-introduced to Knepp in February 2020, having been absent from Sussex for several hundred years. [32] One of the beavers escaped in December that year. [33]
It will be an offence to kill, harm or disturb the semi-aquatic mammals, which were hunted to extinction in the 16th century.
The Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) or European beaver is a species of beaver widespread across Eurasia, with a rapidly increasing population of at least 1.5 million in 2020. The Eurasian beaver was hunted to near-extinction for both its fur and castoreum , with only about 1,200 beavers in eight relict populations from France to Mongolia in the ...