Defra ‘A pair of Eurasian Beavers have returned to the Forest of Dean today (24 July) for the first time for around 400 years. It is expected that the beavers’ activity in the Forest of Dean will improve biodiversity in their new 6.5 hectare home and may have the potential to reduce local flood risk. […]
Devon Wildlife Trust: Beavers could help clean up polluted rivers and stem the loss of valuable soils from farms, new research shows. The study, undertaken by scientists at the University of Exeter using a captive beaver trial run by the Devon Wildlife Trust, has demonstrated the significant impact the animals have had on reducing the […]
The Guardian reports on plans to release a beaver family to protect the homes of villagers in the Forest of Dean by damming waterways. Read the story here.
Eager beavers experts at recreating wildlife-rich wetlands, study reveals Four re-introduced beavers in Scotland engineered a network of dams, canals and ponds that left the landscape ‘unrecognisable’ from the original Research on Scottish beavers reveal how they re-engineer the river landscape; natural flood management Damian Carrington Guardian The extraordinary ability of beavers to engineer degraded […]
‘Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) welcomes the announcement today on the future of beavers in Scotland by the Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform, Roseanna Cunningham. SNH chairman, Ian Ross, said: “The Scottish Government’s decision will see the return of a species which was part of our wildlife for thousands of years, before […]
SNH: This report draws on 20 years of work on beavers in Scotland, as well as experience from elsewhere in Europe and North America. It provides a comprehensive summary of existing knowledge and offers four future beaver scenarios for Ministers to consider. It covers a wide range of topics, including beaver interactions with the natural […]
Two studies from Scotland and Devon on how beavers are working to slow the flow of rivers and help alleviate the impact of flooding. Beavers ‘Help To Prevent Flooding’, Says Scottish Study Scotland’s beaver population may help to prevent flooding, according to an academic study. The rodents, which are living wild around the River Tay, were accused […]
Beavers in Devon See: http://www.devonwildlifetrust.org/devon-beaver-project/ There is an E-newsletter that we are producing quarterly to keep people updated about the beaver trial on the river Otter. For more details contact : Mark Elliott <melliott@devonwildlifetrust.org> ‘Extreme Rainfall’ Not Beavers Caused Blyth Floods, Probe Finds A joint investigation has concluded that severe flooding in a Perthshire village was caused by “extreme […]