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NCA CR
11. 2. 2025
A beaver colony in the Brdy Protected Landscape Area in the Czech
Republic has gained overnight fame by building several dams.
The beavers created a natural wetland exactly where it was needed. It
saved the local authorities 30 million crowns (1,2 mil EUR).
They could not have chosen their location better – erecting the dams on
a bypass gully that was built by soldiers in the former military base
years ago, so as to drain the area. The revitalization project drafted
by environmentalists was supposed to remedy this. Bohumil Fišer, head
of the Brdy Protected Landscape Area from the Nature Conservation
Agency of the Czech Republic says: “Nature took its course and the
beavers created the necessary biotope conditions practically
overnight“.
More information on this case can be found at the [1]news of Czech
Radio – Radio Prague International.
[2]Video on beavers in Czech on the Youtube Channel of the Nature
Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic
IFRAME:
[3]
https://www.youtube.com/embed/GSTw8qmBP4Y?si=M0zYalMVPdoHkQnZ
[4]Website of Species Action Plan on Eurasian Beaver
Photo: Bohumil Fišer
The Beaver European - Castor fiber
The Beaver European - Castor fiber
The Beaver European - Castor fiber
The Beaver European - Castor fiber
Tree bitten by a beaver
Tree bitten by a beaver
Half-castle created by a beaver
Half-castle created by a beaver
Wetland created by a beaver near a Dolejší Padrťský pond
Wetland created by a beaver near a Dolejší Padrťský pond
Wetland created by a beaver near a Dolejší Padrťský pond
Wetland created by a beaver near a Dolejší Padrťský pond
References
1.
http://english.radio.cz/beavers-build-planned-dams-protected-landscape-area-while-local-officials-still-8841536
2.
http://youtu.be/GSTw8qmBP4Y
3.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/GSTw8qmBP4Y?si=M0zYalMVPdoHkQnZ
4.
http://www.zachranneprogramy.cz/en/eurasian-beaver
