Yes, these logs would make excellent material
for Beavers dams.
Not exact matches
(Note that invoking the Darwinian mechanism to explain why
beavers build
dams is not illuminating because if
beavers didn't build
dams, the Darwinian mechanism would readily account
for this as well.)
Tracy Brook, whose prominent natural features include two
beaver dams and an active lodge as well as a heron rookery, is named
for the stream that flows through the wildlife sanctuary before emptying into Richmond Lake.
Here, fathers teach baby birds to sing and keep baby penguins warm, along with building new
dams for baby
beavers.
Beavers use wood
for nutrition and as the building material
for their nests and
dams.
And in Bridge Creek, the fish flourished — despite the view held by some that
beaver dams are bad
for fish.
And costing just $ 11,000
for each kilometer of stream, artificial
dam reinforcements are much cheaper than conventional restoration methods — since the
beavers do most of the work
for us.
Beavers aren't going to save the world — but the
dams and flooded meadows they construct do a surprising amount
for carbon capture and storage
Trees prevent landslides;
beavers build
dams that slow water, creating wetlands, flood plains and habitats
for different trees and animals.
Beavers build
dams, birds make nests and termites create mounds, yet
for the most part, the animal kingdom moves through the world downloading.
For example: A
beaver builds a
dam, which changes the environment.
A study found that the
beaver is playing an increasing part in climate change because the
dams they build
for shelter create shallow, stagnant ponds of water which allow biological material to build up on the bottom of the river.
For example, during a unit on «Nature's Engineers,» kids took a field trip to a stream and built their own «
beaver»
dam!
Later, they visited a community affected by a large
beaver dam and surveyed residents on possible solutions
for how humans and
beavers can coexist.