Author name: Beaver Trust

National Trust to release wild beavers in Somerset in landmark move for UK nature recovery

Second licensed release granted by Natural England to conservation charity for beavers to live in the wild on the Holnicote Estate Nature’s engineers will create new wetlands to benefit people and nature – to help store water, reduce flood peaks and support other wildlife Identified sites will further enhance innovative natural solutions already implemented to […]

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Guest blog: Lessons learned from living alongside beavers by Tom Bowser

This blog, written by guest author Tom Bowser, offers an on-the-ground perspective on beaver reintroduction to a working farm in Scotland. As the first private landowners to rehome beavers under licence, Tom offers a thoughtful reflection on the realities of coexistence and what he has experienced since their return. After an absence of centuries, beavers

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Nature coalition delivers letter calling on Westminster Government to restore river corridors, with support from cross-party MPs

The Riverscapes Partnership, comprising of The Rivers Trust, National Trust, the Woodland Trust and Beaver Trust, has today delivered a letter to the Prime Minister at Number 10 Downing Street, signed by supportive MPs.

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Welsh Government announces legal protection for beavers in Wales

Welsh Government Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, Huw Irranca-Davies, announced yesterday plans to ensure beavers are recognised as a native species in Wales and legally protected from deliberate harm to them or their habitats, giving beavers the same legal protection afforded to other European Protected Species.

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