The signs were too obvious to miss, even for a young biologist just starting his career with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Tasked with surveying wildlife in southwest Montana, Ritter had to spend ...

Beaver-created wetlands host more hoverflies and butterflies than other ponds, proving that nature’s own builders can restore ...

Beavers and the dams they build promote sediment deposition and modify channel and floodplain morphology and physical complexity. Beaver activities may result in increased watershed-scale water and ...

A family of beavers are constructing a metropolis above Memorial Park, including an expansive dam that’s creating a pool upstream. Photo by Patrick Bilow/Stowe Reporter This story by Patrick Bilow was ...