Tracking Down Nature's Engineers
October 07, 2025
October 07, 2025
HAMILTON, New York, Oct. 7 -- Colgate University posted the following news:
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Tracking Down Nature's Engineers
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Humans sometimes see beavers as a nuisance -- damming streams and rivers and creating ponds where there were none before. For the environment, however, they can often be an underappreciated boon. "They're wetland engineers," says Aidan Woods '23. "What they do out of instinct is to create wetlands, w . . .
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Tracking Down Nature's Engineers
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Humans sometimes see beavers as a nuisance -- damming streams and rivers and creating ponds where there were none before. For the environment, however, they can often be an underappreciated boon. "They're wetland engineers," says Aidan Woods '23. "What they do out of instinct is to create wetlands, w . . .