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WATER Institute on reappearance of beaver around California

September 15, 2025July 12, 2019
photo by Rusty Cohn

Since 2014, a colony of beaver has been observed near the suburban South Bay town of Campbell, and with them, an uptick in blue heron, western tanager, ducks, and other … Read more

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