Creeks and beaver ponds are found in every mountain basin of the state. Most can be located on national forest maps, and many are described in various fishing guides.

The ponds we are talking about are mostly beaver-made. And beavers have a wholly different idea of what's important when they make a pond. For Mother Nature, ponds are for creatures.

U.S. Forest Service wildlife biologist John Jakubowski, left, ... “In the (beaver) ponds, the water slows down so the coho don’t have use as much energy to stay in place, ...

"You see this a lot when beavers create these massive wetland areas, which are all of a sudden, extremely productive - you've got a ton of amphibians," said Stella, whose lab also documented that over ...

When beavers build dams, they don’t just make ponds; they create wetlands, some of the most biodiverse habitats on Earth. Wetlands formed by beaver activity provide homes for countless species ...

Beavers: The Engineers of the Forest. Back from the brink of extinction, the beavers of Massachusetts are a crucial component of a healthy ecosystem. Jennifer Weeks March 15, 2010. Beavers have ...

As the researchers pumped more data into EEAGER, it got better at distinguishing beaver ponds from impostors. In May 2023, the Google team, along with beaver researchers Fairfax, Joe Wheaton, and ...

Fox and coyote had circled the beaver lodge on the side of the pond, and something had even made a half-hearted attempt to dig a hole through the thick fortress of intertwined sticks before giving ...

The Beaver Pond site also holds bones of Dipoides, an extinct beaver species that lived around 3.9 million years ago. It was about two-thirds as large as a modern beaver and had less powerful jaws.

Viewing tip: Walk 0.1-mile back down parking access road to Beaver Pond Trail. Path loops through forest where pygmy nuthatches nest in pines, then over ridge and around pond.

Columnist John Schandelmeier explains how beavers survive Alaska winters and why they are important, both historically and ecologically.

Ballston Beaver Pond is in need of a new name because, well, there are no more beavers. An online survey to rename Ballston Beaver Pond is set to close on Wednesday, June 1, as renovations at the ...