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Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability reported

American beaver populations are booming in the western United States as conditions grow hotter and drier. New research shows their prolific dam building benefits river water quality so much, it outweighs the damaging influence of climate-driven droughts.

Read more Beavers will become a bigger boon to river water quality as U.S. West warms | Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability