Beaver Seen As Climate-Saving Creature In California

An episode of the KQED's The California Report podcast, hosted by KQED, titled "Beaver Seen As Climate-Saving Creature In California" was published on May 29, 2023 and runs 10 minutes.

May 29, 2023 ·10m · KQED's The California Report

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Consider the beaver. Once thought of as a “nuisance rodent,” yes it’s a rodent, for flooding roads, farmland and other properties that we want to keep dry, the beaver is now embraced as a “climate solving hero” and an eco-engineer. Why? Well for its natural ability to help increase water storage and to create natural buffers against wildfires. Guests: Laurie Wayburn, Co-Founder of Pacific Forest Trust and Leila Phillip, Author of the book "Beaver Land: How One Weird Rodent Made America" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Consider the beaver. Once thought of as a “nuisance rodent,” yes it’s a rodent, for flooding roads, farmland and other properties that we want to keep dry, the beaver is now embraced as a “climate solving hero” and an eco-engineer. Why? Well for its natural ability to help increase water storage and to create natural buffers against wildfires. Guests: Laurie Wayburn, Co-Founder of Pacific Forest Trust and Leila Phillip, Author of the book "Beaver Land: How One Weird Rodent Made America" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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