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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Arches National Park, Utah
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Anniversary of Pinnacles National Park, California
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Bridge of Hillsborough County
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A courtyard scene from Spain
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Apples ready for harvest in Minnesota
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National Hispanic Heritage Month
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Three Musketeers Falls at Iguazú Falls, Argentina
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Endangered Species Day
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Wat Sri Sawai in Sukhothai Historical Park, Thailand
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International Womens Day
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Happy anniversary to the National Park Service!
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A ‘Superior’ paddle
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World Parrot Day
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The Wave at Coyote Buttes
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Misool, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia
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International Mountain Day
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Glenariff Forest Park, Northern Ireland, UK
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Independence Day of the Argentine Republic
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Does this chameleon look a little insecure?
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The Millennium at 20
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Black Fell in England s Lake District
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A different kind of dive
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Instant romance
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Oktoberfest, Munich, Germany
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Nyhavn Canal, Copenhagen, Denmark
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