World's biggest beaver dam discovered in northern Canada
World's biggest beaver dam discovered in northern Canada
.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/unleash ... ed+Blog%29
.
World's biggest beaver dam discovered in northern Canada
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100505/sc ... imalbeaver
by Michel Comte and Jacques Lemieux Michel Comte And Jacques Lemieux – Wed May 5, 7:46 pm ET
OTTAWA (AFP) – A Canadian ecologist has discovered the world's largest beaver dam in a remote area of northern Alberta, an animal-made structure so large it is visible from space. Researcher Jean Thie said Wednesday he used satellite imagery and Google Earth software to locate the dam, which is about 850 metres (2,800 feet) long on the southern edge of Wood Buffalo National Park
(continued)
.
.
World's biggest beaver dam discovered in northern Canada
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100505/sc ... imalbeaver
by Michel Comte and Jacques Lemieux Michel Comte And Jacques Lemieux – Wed May 5, 7:46 pm ET
OTTAWA (AFP) – A Canadian ecologist has discovered the world's largest beaver dam in a remote area of northern Alberta, an animal-made structure so large it is visible from space. Researcher Jean Thie said Wednesday he used satellite imagery and Google Earth software to locate the dam, which is about 850 metres (2,800 feet) long on the southern edge of Wood Buffalo National Park
(continued)
.
"I love science and it pains me to think that so many are terrified of the subject or feel that choosing science means you cannot also choose compassion, or the arts, or be awe by nature. Science is not meant to cure us of mystery, but to reinvent and revigorate it." by Robert M. Sapolsky
Re: World's biggest beaver dam discovered in northern Canada
Ed-
Great find! Rhonda and I will be spending August through November this year, on the north side of the Great Slave Lake, just north of Wood Buffalo N.P. There might be a trip report there waiting for us!
Great find! Rhonda and I will be spending August through November this year, on the north side of the Great Slave Lake, just north of Wood Buffalo N.P. There might be a trip report there waiting for us!
Don Bertolette - President/Moderator, WNTS BBS
Restoration Forester (Retired)
Science Center
Grand Canyon National Park
BJCP Apprentice Beer Judge
View my Alaska Big Tree List Webpage at:
http://www.akbigtreelist.org
Restoration Forester (Retired)
Science Center
Grand Canyon National Park
BJCP Apprentice Beer Judge
View my Alaska Big Tree List Webpage at:
http://www.akbigtreelist.org
- James Parton
- Posts: 1576
- Joined: Wed Mar 10, 2010 5:47 pm
Re: World's biggest beaver dam discovered in northern Canada
Don,
That would be cool!
James
That would be cool!
James
James E Parton
Ovate Course Graduate - Druid Student
Bardic Mentor
New Order of Druids
http://www.druidcircle.org/nod/index.ph ... Itemid=145
Ovate Course Graduate - Druid Student
Bardic Mentor
New Order of Druids
http://www.druidcircle.org/nod/index.ph ... Itemid=145
Re: World's biggest beaver dam discovered in northern Canada
Ed,
Ditto! (Ooh, does this make me a ditto-head?). Great find. One wonders what drives the beavers to such a feat. Can there be two classes of beavers, rural beavers and urban beavers? I wonder what kind of community interactions are going on? Is there a head beaver somewhere inside the lodge?
Bob
Ditto! (Ooh, does this make me a ditto-head?). Great find. One wonders what drives the beavers to such a feat. Can there be two classes of beavers, rural beavers and urban beavers? I wonder what kind of community interactions are going on? Is there a head beaver somewhere inside the lodge?
Bob
Robert T. Leverett
Co-founder, Native Native Tree Society
Co-founder and President
Friends of Mohawk Trail State Forest
Co-founder, National Cadre
Co-founder, Native Native Tree Society
Co-founder and President
Friends of Mohawk Trail State Forest
Co-founder, National Cadre
- Larry Tucei
- Posts: 2017
- Joined: Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:44 am
Re: World's biggest beaver dam discovered in northern Canada
Ed, Thats Awesome! Its refreshing to see something like this dam in such a remote place. Can you imagine what it was like before European invaders! Larry
Re: World's biggest beaver dam discovered in northern Canada
Ed-
I'm adding another link to a site that has great additional information:
http://www.geostrategis.com/p_beavers-longestdam.htm
I'm adding another link to a site that has great additional information:
http://www.geostrategis.com/p_beavers-longestdam.htm
Don Bertolette - President/Moderator, WNTS BBS
Restoration Forester (Retired)
Science Center
Grand Canyon National Park
BJCP Apprentice Beer Judge
View my Alaska Big Tree List Webpage at:
http://www.akbigtreelist.org
Restoration Forester (Retired)
Science Center
Grand Canyon National Park
BJCP Apprentice Beer Judge
View my Alaska Big Tree List Webpage at:
http://www.akbigtreelist.org
Re: World's biggest beaver dam discovered in northern Canada
Don,
Great Link! Lots of photos and maps. I checked out a number of links when I first saw the article, but did not find this one. Thanks for posting...
Ed
Great Link! Lots of photos and maps. I checked out a number of links when I first saw the article, but did not find this one. Thanks for posting...
Ed
"I love science and it pains me to think that so many are terrified of the subject or feel that choosing science means you cannot also choose compassion, or the arts, or be awe by nature. Science is not meant to cure us of mystery, but to reinvent and revigorate it." by Robert M. Sapolsky