As the Arctic warms, beavers move in

Knowable Magazine ^ | 10 Dec 2022 | Sharon Levy

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It began decades ago, with a few hardy pioneers slogging north across the tundra. It’s said that one individual walked so far to get there that he rubbed the skin off the underside of his long, flat tail. Today, his kind have homes and colonies scattered throughout the tundra in Alaska and Canada — and their numbers are increasing....

...Scientists have come to view their landscape engineering as beneficial, and even critical in some vulnerable ecosystems. In many places south of the tundra, conservationists have moved to protect and reintroduce beavers to restore stream and wetland habitats.

But in the Arctic, beavers are sometimes seen as unwelcome intruders that could disrupt life on the tundra. Beaver dams are already making hunting and fishing more difficult for some people in the Arctic...

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Very few.

I’ve seen things growing in low draws near water crossings that would pass for the start of a tree.

Over the course of 5 summers it has not increased in size, not width nor height. I think it has reached its maximum size for the climate..

.I have been tempted to put a tree spike fertilizer in the ground and see if that would have any effect