Article 3AFSS UK to bring back beavers in first government flood reduction scheme of its kind

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

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Patrick Barkham
from Environment | The Guardian on (#3AFSS)

Beaver family will be released in the Forest of Dean to stop a village from flooding, with potential for further such schemes to follow

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.

The plan for the village of Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, may soon be joined by other schemes. The environment secretary, Michael Gove, has indicated that the government may support other schemes to restore the beaver four centuries after it was driven to extinction in England and Wales.

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