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Significant impacts Half a mile downstream from the beaver dam, the creek flows into Bear Creek Lake, a reservoir created by a dam the Corps of Engineers completed in 1982 for the purpose of flood control.
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John Meyer, Denver Post, 28 Apr. 2025
Water gurgled softly through a beaver dam on Bear Creek near Morrison as Katie Gill reflected on a six-year campaign to save her happy place in Bear Creek Lake Park from destruction.
—John Meyer, Denver Post, 28 Apr. 2025
Six months into the project, a downpour washed away a beaver dam that had created the swampy pond.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 25 Feb. 2025
Maine environmental officials pinned an April 2023 train derailment that hospitalized three people and spilled hundreds of gallons of fuel on a beaver dam Wednesday.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2025
Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest is home to a new beaver dam after being installed by the natural areas team and a group of engineers Wednesday.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 12 Sep. 2024
Tribal members and partners have spent years preparing the area, building beaver dam analogues to create conditions conducive to their return, McDarment said.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
The Nature Conservancy and Google plan to run the model across the state sometime in 2024, a comprehensive search for every last beaver dam and pond.
—Ben Goldfarb, WIRED, 28 Dec. 2023
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John Meyer, Denver Post, 28 Apr. 2025
Water gurgled softly through a beaver dam on Bear Creek near Morrison as Katie Gill reflected on a six-year campaign to save her happy place in Bear Creek Lake Park from destruction.
—John Meyer, Denver Post, 28 Apr. 2025
Six months into the project, a downpour washed away a beaver dam that had created the swampy pond.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 25 Feb. 2025
Maine environmental officials pinned an April 2023 train derailment that hospitalized three people and spilled hundreds of gallons of fuel on a beaver dam Wednesday.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2025
Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest is home to a new beaver dam after being installed by the natural areas team and a group of engineers Wednesday.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 12 Sep. 2024
Tribal members and partners have spent years preparing the area, building beaver dam analogues to create conditions conducive to their return, McDarment said.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
The Nature Conservancy and Google plan to run the model across the state sometime in 2024, a comprehensive search for every last beaver dam and pond.
—Ben Goldfarb, WIRED, 28 Dec. 2023
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“Beaver dam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beaver%20dam. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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