beavers

Beavers across the state have recently tested positive for a deadly bacterial disease. As of mid-April, nine beavers have died from tularemia in Utah.

Finding a beaver dam gives me a sense of discovery and connects me to the past.

A family of beavers in Logan Canyon has gained celebrity status of sorts this summer, attracting spectators almost nightly to watch them go about their business.

Beaver dams played an important role at Birch Creek, slowing the flow of melting snow and rainfall, and allowing surface runoff to filter down into groundwater. When Jay Wilde discovered the beavers were gone, he decided to do something about it.

Today we talk beavers with environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb, author of “Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter,” and Cache Valley resident Nate Norman, who works with the USU Beaver Ecology and Relocation Center.

When I first saw a beaver in Cache Valley I thought I'd seen an alligator.

In Eager, environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb reveals that our modern idea of what a healthy landscape looks like and how it functions is wrong,…

Up in the mountains near Preston, Idaho and the Oneida Narrows of the Bear River, Professor Joe Wheaton of Utah State University and his students are…

Listen as UPR's Niall Clancy visits a unique stream restoration project in southern Idaho. Features Professor Joe Wheaton from the Utah State University…

In Eager, environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb reveals that our modern idea of what a healthy landscape looks like and how it functions is wrong,…