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The Watershed Wisdom of the Beaver

December 2, 2010 By Toby Hemenway 4 Comments

You know what a stream looks like. It has a pair of steep banks that have been scoured by shifting currents, exposing streaks and lenses of rock and old sediment. At the bottom of this gully—ten to fifty feet down—the water rushes past, and you can hear the click of tumbling rocks as they are […]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Animals in Permaculture, Design, Ecology, Keystone Species, Water Catchment, Watersheds

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