B.C. rivers are drying up due to drought. Could beavers, AKA 'nature's engineers,' have the solution?
The ongoing drought in many parts of B.C. is causing some rivers in the province's northern Interior to reach their driest mid-October levels in years. In Prince George, the unusually low waters have locals worried.
![B.C. rivers are drying up due to drought. Could beavers, AKA 'nature's engineers,' have the solution?](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7003904.1697845512!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/beaver-dam-analogue-in-nicola-river-tributary-howard-creek-in-2023.jpg)
![A beaver dam analogue is set up in Howard Creek, a tributary of the Nicola River, where 10 of the artificial logjams have been built as a pilot project that could soon expand across B.C. Vertical wood posts sit in a small stream, woven with green evergreen boughs.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7003904.1697845512!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/beaver-dam-analogue-in-nicola-river-tributary-howard-creek-in-2023.jpg)
The ongoing drought in many parts of B.C. is causing some rivers in the province's northern Interior to reach their driest mid-October levels in years. In Prince George, the unusually low waters have locals worried.