For International Beaver Day, we take a peek at one of nature"s most prolific engineers, the beaver. This sleek swimmer is at Schwabacher’s Landing, a boat landing along the east shore of the Snake River in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park. Beavers build dams to help keep their lodges and litters safe, but the positive impacts ripple through the environment: restoring wetlands, combating climate change, and removing fertilizer runoff. If we protect their habitat, beavers will pay it forward by creating the wetlands so many threatened or endangered species rely on.
Busy building wetlands
Today in History
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Songkran—Thai New Year
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In praise of the pipes
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Protecting Alaska
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Opt outside today
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Don’t get lost in there
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Sequoia National Parks 134th anniversary
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Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico
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Tower Bridge, London, England
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A delta in the Venetian Lagoon, Italy
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America s Playground by Derrick Adams
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Let s get lost
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A medieval celebration in the Mediterranean
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Vietnam’s new bridge deserves a big hand
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Honoring some real heroes of World War II
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Falling for the Canadian Rockies
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Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
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Celebrating women in science
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Camels at Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India
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Midsummer in Sweden
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Antarctica Day
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Irohazaka Road in fall, Nikko, Tochigi, Japan
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Astronomy Day and National Public Lands Day
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Folegandros Island, Cyclades, Greece
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Frozen beauty
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Plate ice along Lake Superior, Grand Marais, Minnesota
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Mardi Gras
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Spotted owlet, Bangkok, Thailand
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Taking the scenic route to Sturgis
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Anniversary of the British Museum
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Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
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