Firefighting beavers ~ Fighting fires, one beaver dam at a time

Julie Cleveland
National Forest System, Biological and Physical Resources
October 2, 2023

When you think of beavers, what comes to mind? Busy engineers, pesky rodents, or how about firefighters?

You may already know that beavers are a keystone species, meaning many other species of animals, plants and people in the environment depend on them and the habitat they build. But do you know that they also might…