Beaver Dam
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Roz marched over to see what all the fuss was about, and as she went, she began to hear squeaking and splashing, and through the foliage she caught glimpses of otters leaping off the beaver dam and into the water.
From Literature
"This is an incredibly exciting moment, a real landmark for nature recovery in England," Tony Juniper, the head of Natural England, told me next to a beaver dam in Devon.
From BBC
Tribal leaders worked with scientists, nonprofits and the state to prepare beaver-friendly habitat, planting willows and other plants beavers eat and installing human-made beaver dam analogs to bring enough water to the area that beavers could survive to establish colonies.
From Los Angeles Times
Pope’s latest research, conducted in the Sierra and Plumas national forests, focuses on how people can rewet meadows in both burned and unburned areas by doing things like building beaver dam analogues.
From Los Angeles Times
Tribal members and partners have spent years preparing the area, building beaver dam analogues to create conditions conducive to their return, McDarment said.
From Los Angeles Times
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