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The experiences and insights April’s gained through all this pour out of her like a joyous river breaching a beaver dam.
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Outside Online, 11 Feb. 2026
Both of these species are large aquatic rodents that influence ecosystems – beaver dam building changes how water moves, sometimes undesirably for land owners, while nutria are non-native and damaging to wetlands.
—Alex Jensen, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2025
That might mean blocking beavers from accessing culverts, wrapping trees in protective fencing or using piping to move water from one side of a beaver dam to the other.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 24 Nov. 2025
Treatment supervisors generate a unique model for each river, adjusting for variables as seemingly inconsequential as the appearance of a new beaver dam, which can completely alter the flow.
—Katie Thornton, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Before the work of the engineers, the creek might not have been slowed by a beaver dam.
—Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Officials say recent rain may have contributed to high water levels, causing the breach of the aging beaver dam.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 23 July 2025
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Outside Online, 11 Feb. 2026
Both of these species are large aquatic rodents that influence ecosystems – beaver dam building changes how water moves, sometimes undesirably for land owners, while nutria are non-native and damaging to wetlands.
—Alex Jensen, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2025
That might mean blocking beavers from accessing culverts, wrapping trees in protective fencing or using piping to move water from one side of a beaver dam to the other.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 24 Nov. 2025
Treatment supervisors generate a unique model for each river, adjusting for variables as seemingly inconsequential as the appearance of a new beaver dam, which can completely alter the flow.
—Katie Thornton, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Before the work of the engineers, the creek might not have been slowed by a beaver dam.
—Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Officials say recent rain may have contributed to high water levels, causing the breach of the aging beaver dam.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 23 July 2025
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“Beaver dam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beaver%20dam. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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