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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A community discussion looking at the potential for beaver reintroduction to the Loch Ness area is being run by Trees for Life in partnership with Beaver Trust during September and October.
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Offering farmers and landowners cash incentives to create river corridors would protect against flood and drought, improve river health and boost biodiversity.
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Loch Ard Forest is set to become home to an additional pair of beavers. Working with the Beaver Trust, Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) released the pair into a small lochan with good areas of wet woodland around the edge of the water and where there are currently no beavers present. The FLS managed site
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Severn Rivers Trust, in collaboration with landowner Trevor Wheeler, the Environment Agency, Shropshire Wildlife Trust and the Shropshire Hills National Landscape Team, release a pair of beavers into a new enclosure in the Shropshire Hills, helping to restore natural processes in this precious upland landscape. Severn Rivers Trust, with input from key partners and the
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Going wild! Historic first official wild beaver release marks new era for nature’s recovery in England In a landmark event for nature conservation, the National Trust has legally released the first two pairs of Eurasian beavers to live in the wild in Purbeck, Dorset. This historic moment follows a groundbreaking policy announcement by Defra and
Today, three years after consulting on their approach to beaver reintroduction and management in England, we welcome the news that the Government will be setting out their plans to return wild-living beavers to English waterways.
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After months of careful planning and preparation, a family of eight beavers have been released at the Nene Wetlands in Northamptonshire. They are now exploring their new home at Delta Pit lake next door to the popular Rushden Lakes shopping centre.
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Careful design could help new woodlands thrive in areas where beavers are present, according to a new report. With ambitious woodland expansion targets in Scotland and a growing beaver population, the overlap between beaver territories and woodland creation schemes is expected to become more common. Read more: NatureScot Research Report 1368 – How to create woodlands
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A pair of Eurasian beavers have been released at a nature reserve in the centre of Shrewsbury. The project, a partnership between Shropshire Wildlife Trust and Shrewsbury Town Council, is one of a few urban releases in England and will see the beavers manage and restore the wetland habitat on the 8.5-hectare site. The pair,
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