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Re:We need more water than rain can provide: refilling river... by hawtkey on Sunday November 20, 2022 @06:24PM (#33686652)
Beaver dams are a good example of this too. Beavers were building bioswales everywhere in North America for free and we killed almost all of them and wore them for hats.

https://www.ewu.edu/cstem/stories/the-ecological-benefits-of...

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Re:We need more water than rain can provide: refilling river... by worldsayshi on Sunday November 20, 2022 @07:10PM (#33687037)
Which makes me wonder how much carbon we can sequester per reintroduced beaver. Wetlands are apparently very good carbon sinks.
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