Beaver
Text by Liz McKenzie Photos and Sounds by Richard Nelson
The Beaver's World
To listen to the beaver's world, move cursor over slide, and click on the play arrow.
The North's Busiest Animal
The North American beaver is a crafty, intelligent, and industrious animal best known for ingeniously altering its environment to create the watery world it needs.
(continue reading)
Water Spirit: Beavers and Traditional Knowledge
In Alaska's traditional Athabascan cultures, beavers are highly prized for their meat and fur, but just as important, they have a powerful and sensitive spirit.
(continue reading)
The Animal that Redesigned a Continent
There are two species of animals that profoundly changed the ecological face of North America before Europeans arrived: First, Native Americans with the controlled use of fire, and second, beavers with the controlled use of water.
(continue reading)