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International Beaver Day!!!

Why is it Beaver Day? This day celebrates the species that restores the most valuable terrestrial ecosystem—wetlands.

You may not know it…but…Beavers…act as our life support system by restoring wetlands that absorb carbon dioxide and help moderate the droughts and major floods that are increasing with global warming.

The average size of a Beaver is around 3 feet. They can weigh anywhere between 30 and 60 pounds.

Beavers live in streams, rivers, marshes, ponds, and shorelines of large lakes throughout North America, parts of Europe, and Asia

Even though we are celebrating the beaver today – they can often be a recipe for conflict with humans. Beavers flood roads, cut down trees, plug road culverts, and can even cause dangerous flash flooding when one of their dams break.

The importance of the Beaver in the development of Canada through the fur trade led to its designation as the our national animal. The Beaver is on our 5 cent piece.

Beaver – and the entertainment world:

…you had "Leave It To Beaver"…the 1950’s / 1960’s comedy about Theodore Beaver Cleaver

…and who can forget…..the TV Ontario childrens classic: Children’s Underground Club of United Moose and Beaver for Enthusiastic Reporters…..or Cucumber for short. The show featured a moose and a beaver reporting from their famous tree house!