Meet the latest recruit to the UK flood defence team: the beaver
by Patrick Barkham from Environment | The Guardian on (#32BDG)
Villagers in the Forest of Dean back plans to release a beaver family to protect their homes by damming waterways
Beavers could be put to work building dams to stop a village from flooding in the Forest of Dean, in what would be the first such scheme on government land.
The Forestry Commission has been an enthusiastic advocate for the release of a family of beavers into a large fenced area surrounding Greathough brook above the village of Lydbrook, on land owned by the commission.
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