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Pricey Dam Project 7 Years In The Making Finished By Beavers For Free
HuffPost ^ | Feb 8, 2025 | Hilary Hanson

Posted on 02/08/2025 12:31:35 PM PST by where's_the_Outrage?

When a long-planned infrastructure project in the Czech Republic hit a snag, beavers took the reigns.

Beavers have no regard for human laws, so even if they’d known that the construction of a dam in the nation’s Brdy region had stalled due to permitting complications, they wouldn’t have cared.

According to Radio Prague International, environmentalists had planned a dam in an area where, years ago, the military had built a drainage system. The new dam was intended to stop the drainage and create a wetland to revitalize the local ecosystem.

The project had been in the planning stages for seven years, and was slated to cost the equivalent of $1.2 million, according to National Geographic. But as officials hashed out the details of securing the necessary permits, a local beaver colony took matters into its own paws, building a natural dam in the perfect location to create a thriving wetland for free.

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TOPICS: Agriculture; Chit/Chat; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: beaverdam; beavers; czechrepublic
If this was in the US there would be a lawsuit for building a dam using non-union labor.

If you haven't read the dam beaver story, check this out: Dam Beavers letter

1 posted on 02/08/2025 12:31:35 PM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

If this was in the US there would be a lawsuit for building a dam using non-union labor. And then, the beavers would be trapped out by the local Indian tribe and the pelts sold for big money.


2 posted on 02/08/2025 12:36:01 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Reins, not reigns, HP. πŸ™„


3 posted on 02/08/2025 12:36:54 PM PST by madison10
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Reins, not reigns, HP. πŸ™„

Maybe the Czech Republic has become the Czech Castorocracy. Wouldn't be the first time a beaver ruled.

4 posted on 02/08/2025 12:47:36 PM PST by KarlInOhio (β€œForget it, Jake. It's California.”)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
But as officials hashed out the details of securing the necessary permits, a local beaver colony took matters into its own paws, building a natural dam in the perfect location to create a thriving wetland for free.

Same thing happened in Russia after Chernobyl:

"The beaver dammed the canals and streams recreating the marshlands and causing spring floods to cover a much larger part of the area."

https://www.thewildlifenews.com/2012/12/31/chernobyl-wildlife/

5 posted on 02/08/2025 12:48:50 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ. FJB.)
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They promptly named it Beaver Dam. (As Hoover Dam was already in use)

Beaver Dams is a hamlet in Schuyler County, New York, United States. The community is located along New York State Route 414, 7.6 miles (12.2 km) southwest of Watkins Glen.


6 posted on 02/08/2025 1:15:12 PM PST by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: where's_the_Outrage?; Rennes Templar; The Spirit Of Allegiance
Beavers have no regard for human laws

Lumberjerks. Does no good to chew out the fellers either. They live for that kind of treetment.

7 posted on 02/08/2025 1:26:29 PM PST by Ezekiel (πŸ†˜οΈ "Come fly with US". πŸ”΄ Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
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2015 Headline: “Czech Beavers Receive USAID Grant”


8 posted on 02/08/2025 6:15:26 PM PST by Chewbarkah
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