An interesting update from Ken Tape, the researcher from Alaska who has been studying the way that beavers speed up climate change in the artic. He’s gotten a little more beaver friendly over the years but still snickers to see that bears and wolves eat beavers. Who knew?
Beavers are colonizing the Bering Strait region and heading northwards. By targeting tundra streams and creating ponds, beavers help thaw the permafrost of tundra lowlands. Ken will discuss the research and the ecosystem-wide impacts these natural engineers are having on northern and western Alaska.
