<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/41f3bd59-94ce-49a3-9484-f0ba134c1ab0/8277707A-4C49-4F45-9AB2-A78F3FCC5F93/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/mg19526181.600-the-beaver-destructive-pest-or-climate-saviour.html" href="http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/mg19526181.600-the-beaver-destructive-pest-or-climate-saviour.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.newscientist.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/mg19526181.600-the-beaver-destructive-pest-or-climate-saviour.html">The beaver's penchant for hydrological engineering has brought it into conflict with people across Europe and North America for centuries, so it's no small irony that experts are now realising that this is exactly why we need beavers in our countrysides.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/mg19526181.600-the-beaver-destructive-pest-or-climate-saviour.html">"They are the quintessential ecosystem engineers," says ecologist James Byers at the University of New Hampshire. "And they'll do this work for free." Beaver-built waterworks not only create habitats for wildlife, they also boost water quality and reduce the twin threats of drought and flooding. In fact, the beaver could even be an invaluable ally in battling the effects of climate change.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/mg19526181.600-the-beaver-destructive-pest-or-climate-saviour.html">Now re-established in 26 European countries, beavers are missing from only a handful including Italy, Greece, Albania, Macedonia and mainland Britain (there is no evidence that beavers have ever lived in Ireland).</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/mg19526181.600-the-beaver-destructive-pest-or-climate-saviour.html">I'm sold on the ecological benefits, and the benefits to biodiversity, not least to water voles and otters," </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/mg19526181.600-the-beaver-destructive-pest-or-climate-saviour.html">UK's Environment Agency</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/8277707A-4C49-4F45-9AB2-A78F3FCC5F93/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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