Herbivorous rodents built a dam in area officials were planning to make a barrier to shield Klabava River
Beavers have saved Czech taxpayers $1m (£800m) by flooding a protected former army training site where a long-stalled dam was planned.
Officials had hoped to build a barrier to shield the Klabava River and its population of critically endangered crayfish from sediment and acidic water spilling over from two nearby ponds. As a bonus it would turn a part of this protected area south of the capital, Prague, into a nature-rich wetland.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/11/beavers-save-czech-taxpayers-by-flooding-ex-army-training-site
Author : Agence France-Press in Prague
Publish date : 2025-02-11 19:24:02
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