As ecosystem engineers, beavers build resilience into the landscape. Above ground, we can see changes wrought by beaver ponds ...

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before – government officials spend years planning a project, bogged down by permits, disputes, and paperwork… and nature waltzes in and does it better in record time.

While Western forestry experts accept some wildfire as redemption for the landscape, they’ve also learned that out-of-control megafires can do more harm than good. Now a new study puts a spotlight on ...

Poor drainage along Hebert Road in the southeast corner of Abita Springs has been a problem of late, and town officials now ...

For Canadians, the beaver is more than a buck-toothed rodent — it's a national emblem, etched on nickels and central to the country's origin story. Now, a new study from the U.S. suggests this ...

Kristian Foden-Vencil / OPB Sheep Creek, a few miles west of La Grande, feeds the headwaters of the Grande Ronde River. Over the years, the area — nestled in the Wallowa–Whitman National Forest that ...

SODA CREEK, Colorado (KCNC) — How do you change dried-up farmland back into the wetlands it used to be? Follow the beavers’ lead. The Soda Creek Restoration Project hopes to do just that. By creating ...

Trapping beavers is also an option, but that involves a specific process, and it does not correct the beaver problem, because they can just come back. Kieschnick said if you live near water and really ...