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North American Beaver

Castor canadensis

Photo by Cheryl Lee
Published on Project Noah
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42.0076, -72.9707

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Description:

"Beaver ponds, and the wetlands that succeed them, remove sediments and pollutants from waterways, including total suspended solids, total nitrogen, phosphates, carbon and silicates"

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Wildlife of Northeastern USA
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project

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PublishedOctober 14, 2013

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