Sediment accumulates behind the obstructions, sometimes transforming an upstream pool into a wetland and eventually a meadow. But nature’s randomness means beaver dams or analogs can fail.

Thursday, Nov. 29. The Beaver Meadow passenger train, leaving here at 11:15 this morning, was thrown from the track near Beaver Creek Dam by the breaking of a rail. The passenger car, containing ...

While the meadow was buried in snow this December ... on Pikes Peak with 40 to 60 structures that will replicate beaver dams and restore a riparian area. Annie Berlemann, the Fountain Creek ...

At Beaver Meadow Nature Center in Java ... were greeted with a new indoor “treehouse” and life-size beaver dam made of “beaver-chewed logs,” among other imaginative environments created ...

Beaver dams and activity can help store water ... have degraded wet mountain meadows. To reverse the damage, volunteers have worked to make the area more beaver-friendly. They have planted ...

When a beaver builds a dam, it doesn’t just create a pond ... Their legacy is etched into the land, visible in every pond, meadow, and stream they have touched. What landscapes could we ...

Historic beaver loss disconnected streams from their floodplains, warming waters, sinking water tables and killing plants. Mock dams can mimic the beneficial work of beavers.