A normally crystal-clear fishing lake in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is now red after a beaver dam broke last week. Conditions on Lake Angeline, near Ispheming in Marquette County, quickly changed on ...

Michigan has plenty of lakes. Some are crystal clear. Others are mucky and brown. If you’ve got a nasty algal bloom, it might ...

The Bitterroot Water Partnership is exploring the benefits of creek restoration with a project set to revitalize 147 acres of ...

Port of Tacoma biologist Kristin Everedin poses for a portrait near a beaver damn at Clear Creek, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, Tacoma, Wash. Brian Hayes [email protected] ...

Beaver dams reconnect creeks and streams with their floodplains, buffering against drought effects and creating “refugia” that shelter wildlife, livestock and habitat from wildfires, according ...

Fendorf and colleagues also found that beaver dams increased nitrate removal by nearly 50 percent — boosting water for oxygen-breathing aquatic organisms.

Wildlife removal specialist, Russell Cavender, who is also known as “The Snake Chaser” said it can be easy to spot if a beaver has stopped by to get the tools needed to build a dam.