Rob Rich

But that's used for waterproofing. That's not used for the purposes of defending their territory.

Yeah, I am. And I think that's one of the things that I'm really passionate about is just interpreting beaver landscapes wherever you are. I mean, so many of us on the North American continent live in and among beaver wetlands without even knowing it sometimes. We have this issue, I think, as a people, just of beaver amnesia, not being able to see what the beavers created before us.

Yeah, I am. And I think that's one of the things that I'm really passionate about is just interpreting beaver landscapes wherever you are. I mean, so many of us on the North American continent live in and among beaver wetlands without even knowing it sometimes. We have this issue, I think, as a people, just of beaver amnesia, not being able to see what the beavers created before us.

Yeah, I am. And I think that's one of the things that I'm really passionate about is just interpreting beaver landscapes wherever you are. I mean, so many of us on the North American continent live in and among beaver wetlands without even knowing it sometimes. We have this issue, I think, as a people, just of beaver amnesia, not being able to see what the beavers created before us.

And I would bet, you know, almost the entirety of us that are drinking water and flushing toilets and taking showers and all the things, our water is coming from somewhere that at some point in its history was shaped by a beaver. And there are things, you know, that we can still see looking at aerial photography, looking at, you know, different ways the land drains that land stacked up.

And I would bet, you know, almost the entirety of us that are drinking water and flushing toilets and taking showers and all the things, our water is coming from somewhere that at some point in its history was shaped by a beaver. And there are things, you know, that we can still see looking at aerial photography, looking at, you know, different ways the land drains that land stacked up.

And I would bet, you know, almost the entirety of us that are drinking water and flushing toilets and taking showers and all the things, our water is coming from somewhere that at some point in its history was shaped by a beaver. And there are things, you know, that we can still see looking at aerial photography, looking at, you know, different ways the land drains that land stacked up.

And that might have been a beaver dam from like a couple centuries ago or something. And so it's really neat to be able to interpret it at that level of history in a contemporary sense. I love being able to kind of know my neighbors, so to speak, of who's building and who's active, who's, you know, it's a very much a dynamic ebb and flow cycle of the beaver. So fun to watch.

And that might have been a beaver dam from like a couple centuries ago or something. And so it's really neat to be able to interpret it at that level of history in a contemporary sense. I love being able to kind of know my neighbors, so to speak, of who's building and who's active, who's, you know, it's a very much a dynamic ebb and flow cycle of the beaver. So fun to watch.

And that might have been a beaver dam from like a couple centuries ago or something. And so it's really neat to be able to interpret it at that level of history in a contemporary sense. I love being able to kind of know my neighbors, so to speak, of who's building and who's active, who's, you know, it's a very much a dynamic ebb and flow cycle of the beaver. So fun to watch.

I didn't have like one big light bulb moment. I consider myself very fortunate to, you know, grew up in a family that really supported just my natural curiosities in a lot of ways. And I grew up in the Northeast and spent a lot of time in Northern New York and New England. you know, doing hiking and stuff. And beavers were certainly part of the theme then.

I didn't have like one big light bulb moment. I consider myself very fortunate to, you know, grew up in a family that really supported just my natural curiosities in a lot of ways. And I grew up in the Northeast and spent a lot of time in Northern New York and New England. you know, doing hiking and stuff. And beavers were certainly part of the theme then.

I didn't have like one big light bulb moment. I consider myself very fortunate to, you know, grew up in a family that really supported just my natural curiosities in a lot of ways. And I grew up in the Northeast and spent a lot of time in Northern New York and New England. you know, doing hiking and stuff. And beavers were certainly part of the theme then.

I would spend a lot of time in the woods, saw beavers, but they were just another animal at the time. For me, it wasn't anything like they were changing the world in the way that they do. But I think one of the Kind of milestones for me was going to Isle Royale National Park after college. One of my first wildlife fieldwork gigs was I was helping out with this wolf moose project.

I would spend a lot of time in the woods, saw beavers, but they were just another animal at the time. For me, it wasn't anything like they were changing the world in the way that they do. But I think one of the Kind of milestones for me was going to Isle Royale National Park after college. One of my first wildlife fieldwork gigs was I was helping out with this wolf moose project.

I would spend a lot of time in the woods, saw beavers, but they were just another animal at the time. For me, it wasn't anything like they were changing the world in the way that they do. But I think one of the Kind of milestones for me was going to Isle Royale National Park after college. One of my first wildlife fieldwork gigs was I was helping out with this wolf moose project.

It's called our ostensible purpose was really to track down the bones of moose that were killed by wolves the previous winter. I was there in the summer, and I was just mind-blown with how the beavers had changed the environment there in a way that was not only conducive to the moose, but also really important for supporting the wolves as well.

It's called our ostensible purpose was really to track down the bones of moose that were killed by wolves the previous winter. I was there in the summer, and I was just mind-blown with how the beavers had changed the environment there in a way that was not only conducive to the moose, but also really important for supporting the wolves as well.

It's called our ostensible purpose was really to track down the bones of moose that were killed by wolves the previous winter. I was there in the summer, and I was just mind-blown with how the beavers had changed the environment there in a way that was not only conducive to the moose, but also really important for supporting the wolves as well.

One of the leaner times for them is in summer, and so I was just fascinated by this is a time when the wolves have adapted to eat beavers as well. I really got to get... A really close look and just appreciate their keystone role is just how complicated and connected and all the things that they do for diverse animals, predators, prey, and everything in between.