All things beavers

Nicky Saunter writes about, ‘a remarkable keyworker, the power of art, the importance of science and how the beaver brought them all together.’

Dan Stathers says, ‘in the race for survival it was the tunnelling beavers’ semi-aquatic cousins which proved a force to be reckoned with.’

James Wallace says, ‘The trick, I’ve observed, with beavers and people, is to welcome all comers, to promote humility and mutual respect, to be prepared for change, to share the learning and make it worth everyone’s while’

Charlotte Murray says, ‘Prison is not a place I imagined that I would have learned this lesson, and it taught me a few things about the value of nature.’

Alexandra Beaumont says, ‘There seems to be a growing contingent of writers out there weaving folklore and nature back into their writing… I hope this will be a part of breaking the dam, if you will, on nature in our literature and help bring it flooding back into our lives.’

Kirsty Crawford says, “Something clicked in me after the field trip. To travel deep into the forest, stand at the edge of the loch at midnight where across the water beaver families stirred and swam for the first time in 400 years.”