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I’ll Be Dammed: Beavers Fighting Climate Change

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The Effects of Beaver Dams on the Environment

The US government has started using beavers to try to restore habitats. California recently put $3 million into beaver projects. Ben found that they changed the water in the stream itself by making it cooler. They were decreasing the stream temperature downstream of beaver dams by about two and a half degrees.

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