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Want to Solve Wildfires and Drought? Leave it to BEAVERS!

The charismatic beaver is more than a charming, vegetarian stream-dweller. it’s actually a master architect, capable of restoring rivers, bringing back dwindling fish populations and even preventing wildfire. Travel with host Joe Hanson to Central Oregon where a group of scientists set up a kind of beaver laboratory to learn more about the crepuscular creatures.

Season 1 Episode 23 Length 09:46 Premiere: 11/18/21

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