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Beaver family will be released in the UK to stop a village from flooding

by Futures Centre, Dec 19
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NatureAtWork: #Floodproofing w Beavers’ #NaturalInfrastructure in the U.K. #SignalofChange https://t.co/wn0Uk2WQ8G

 

UK to bring back beavers in first government flood reduction scheme of its kind

A valley in the Forest of Dean will echo to the sound of herbivorous munching next spring when a family of beavers are released into a fenced enclosure to stop a village from flooding, in the first ever such scheme funded by the government.

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