News Animals

Relocated beavers helped mitigate some effects of climate change

New dam construction lowered stream temperatures and boosted water storage

A beaver in a cage, partially submerged in water and surrounded by grass

This female beaver and six members of her colony were relocated from a lake near Seattle to a new home along the Skykomish River. The dams that this beaver and others built help illustrate the promise of such relocations, researchers say.

B. Dittbrenner

By Richard Kemeny

In the upper reaches of the Skykomish River in Washington state, a pioneering team of civil engineers is keeping things cool.