North America once had 400 million beavers. Nearly wiped out by the 1900s, they are now restoring rivers, wetlands and wildlife one dam at a time
- PC: AI GeneratedFor much of the last century, the beaver was largely missing from many North American rivers.
- Intense trapping for fur had reduced populations so severely that, in many regions, the animal almost vanished from landscapes where it had once been common.
- Rivers continued to flow, but they did so without one of the species that had quietly influenced their shape for thousands of years.
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- PC: AI GeneratedFor much of the last century, the beaver was largely missing from many North American rivers.
- Intense trapping for fur had reduced populations so severely that, in many regions, the animal almost vanished from landscapes where it had once been common.
- Rivers continued to flow, but they did so without one of the species that had quietly influenced their shape for thousands of years.
Sources: Times of India