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RIVER OTTER REINTRODUCTION
Indiana's river otters had nearly vanished; starting in 1995, wildlife officials released 303 into rivers, and decades later, the species was reported across the stateAfter more than five decades, river otters have made a triumphant comeback in Indianapolis, thanks to the Indiana Department of Natural Res...
Could beavers help slow flash floods? A reintroduction project in England shows how their dams can hold back waterEurasian beavers returned to the UK after centuries. Then came a five-year trial that reshaped their future, along with the English landsca...
In 2019, 2 beavers were released in Yorkshire’s Cropton Forest. 5 years later, 6 dams are slowing floodwaters and reviving wildlifeA five-year experiment in North Yorkshire shows how beavers can reshape ecosystems while helping manage floodwater. Two beavers built six d...
In 1987, Denmark launched restoration of 2,200 hectares around the Skjern River. 19 years later, SPA status arrived in 2006 as wildlife returned to the restored wetlandsDenmark restored the Skjern River wetlands after agricultural decline and pollution. The project re-meandered over twenty kilometers of riv...
How beavers helped a struggling England farm secure a £1 million deal and spark a multimillion-pound revivalA Lincolnshire rewilding project aims to prove nature restoration's profitability. Beavers will be reintroduced to a 1,525-acre farm, trans...
Lease of life: The 185-km long Beas Conservation Reserve is helping protect many endangered aquatic speciesToday, the Beas in Punjab is the only Indian habitat of the functionally blind mammal, which uses echolocation to navigate underwater and h...