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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.
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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.
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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What's Outside Now? Beavers!
2014-04-17 01:51:45| PortlandOnline
Nature's engineers help with a healthier Johnson Creek.
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