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Beavers, Caterpillar Raise Education Funds

2015-01-21 14:33:43| ENR.com: Headline News

Cat has committed up to $1 million if members of the Beavers raise twice that amount, or $2 million, through 2017.

New climate change culprit: Beavers

2014-12-21 19:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

USA Today: We were just trying to help. Turns out the efforts of humankind to save beavers from extinction over the past century have had an eco-unfriendly side effect: The animals, whose population has rebounded, are contributing to climate change, researchers say at EurekAlert. Beaver dams create shallow ponds, which can host growing levels of carbon as biological material accumulates on the floor. The result is methane, a greenhouse gas that doesn't dissolve in the ponds; instead, it travels into the...

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Corvallis home of the Blue Devils in Montana; beavers trapped out long ago

2014-08-01 18:51:01| Agriculture - Topix.net

Beavers disappeared in this Corvallis long ago during the fur trapping era . Being from Oregon, our Corvallis is well-known as the location for Oregon State University and one of the most pleasant places to live in the Willamette Valley.

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Healthy watersheds make for happy beavers

2014-04-21 21:22:14| PortlandOnline

Beavers have a reputation for being a nuisance - with gnawing down trees - but beaver activity is actually an important part of the health of our watersheds.

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