Beaver dams act as natural reservoirs, capturing and holding water even during the driest spells. These ponds become oases in otherwise barren landscapes, supporting fish, birds, amphibians, and ...

An 18-year-old has been arrested after leading officers on a chase that ended in a crash at a McDonald's parking lot in ...

BEAVER DAM – On a Monday afternoon in early March 2018, an explosion at an apartment building made Beaver Dam — a small city of about 16,000 people in southeast Wisconsin — a hub for local ...

Jul. 31—Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC is notifying the public of blasting work that will occur in North Beaver Township. Surface blasting will occur on the Midland Large Non-Coal Surface ...

Beaver dams and canals create wetlands and retain water, providing a wildfire-resistant safe haven for wildlife and speeding post-fire recovery, as this region in Baugh Creek, Idaho, shows.

Beaver dams can be massive structures. The largest beaver dam on record is in Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada, stretching the length of seven football fields . The dam is so big, it can be ...

We collected field data on 27 beaver ponds and associated dams in the central Rocky Mountains in Colorado, USA to assess sedimentation dynamics and model watershed sediment yield. Field measurements ...

They were building, in essence, lots of little dams, known as beaver dam analogues. “Normally, a beaver would do this,” Hurley said. “But hunting and stuff like that has just run them out.” ...

A fast-moving wildfire that threatened homes on the Cache and Box Elder County line is now 100 percent contained.

Wells, Nev. • Horace Smith blew up a lot of beaver dams in his life. A rancher here in northeastern Nevada, he waged war against the animals, frequently with dynamite.

Trout Unlimited built 75 artificial beaver dams — technically called “beaver dam analogs” or BDAs — at Mud Creek and nearby Winter Quarters Creek last fall.

Sediments trapped by beaver dams help remove excess nutrients in state waterways, Iowa State University researchers have learned through a first-of-its-kind project for Iowa. The team found ...