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Overview: Want to Solve Wildfires and Drought? Leave it to Beavers!

9 minutes 46 seconds

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More and more scientists are starting to ask the question: Could beavers be an ally when it comes to saving the environment? Travel with host Joe Hanson to Central Oregon where a group of scientists set up a kind of beaver laboratory to learn more about these crepuscular creatures. Part of the "Overview" series.

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Runtime: 9 minutes 46 seconds

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