The Colorado Sun ☀️ on Nostr: In their heyday, beavers may have submerged up to 300,000 square miles of North ...
In their heyday, beavers may have submerged up to 300,000 square miles of North America — more land than the state of Texas.
The American West has lost 90% of its historical wetlands since European settlement. Colorado has lost 50%.
This was the natural, healthy state of the American West for thousands of years. And simply put, that much water on the land has quite the dampening effect for large wildfires.
Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2024/04/19/fighting-wildland-fire-with-beavers-colorado/
The American West has lost 90% of its historical wetlands since European settlement. Colorado has lost 50%.
This was the natural, healthy state of the American West for thousands of years. And simply put, that much water on the land has quite the dampening effect for large wildfires.
Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2024/04/19/fighting-wildland-fire-with-beavers-colorado/