Conservationists are expressing concern after hearing the dam could be removed and say it could destroy a wetland habitat ...

Reports that federal officials are pushing for the removal of a beaver pond on the Gettysburg battlefield has reignited years of debates on the topic.

In remote areas of the Warm Springs Reservation and sometimes far off it, restoration crews are rebuilding creeks with an unlikely partner: the beaver. Rather than relying on large equipment, the ...

The Rio Grande is one of North America’s great rivers, flowing nearly 1,900 miles from southern Colorado through New Mexico and along the Texas-Mexico border. It’s a lifeline that provides freshwater ...

As federal trappers remove thousands of beavers each year — including from prized trout streams — Wisconsin regulators face calls to weigh the critter’s flood-control benefits against ...

ELKO — Low-tech, human-made dams modeled after beaver dams are being used to restore fire-damaged landscapes in the Elko region, according to a natural resource specialist with the Eastern Nevada ...

Historic dams can sometimes have beneficial impacts on surrounding wildlife, plants, and waterways, as with the dam that created Ames Pond in Shutesbury that sustains a rare natural bog ecosystem. / ...

Nature’s construction met human intervention in explosive fashion. What happens when a beaver dam is taken down with sheer force?

The human-engineered structures will mimic natural dams in an effort to restore creek health in an increasingly urbanized area. EVERETT — The air filled with the smell of cedar as volunteers weaved ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. In a quiet, slow-moving tributary of the Yellowstone River, a ripple disturbs the surface of a ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Montana Conservation Corps members have been busy as beavers with their latest project, earning ...

Recent heavy rains likely contributed to the dam failure. The beaver pond is now stable, and lake levels are not expected to rise higher in Lake Angeline. An Upper Peninsula lake south of Ishpeming ...