Breaking Up Beaver Dams

Maine, Beaver dam and train derailment

Beaver dam caused 2023 CPKC derailment in Maine

The April 2023 derailment of a CPKC train in rural Maine, which led to injuries to three crew members and a fire, was caused by a washout resulting from a beaver dam, a state agency has been told. The April 15,

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Maine train derailment that spilled fuel caused by beaver dam, officials say

Three locomotives and six train cars from Canadian Pacific Kansas City derailed in Sandwich Academy Grant Township on April 15, 2023.

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Maine train derailment that led to injuries and forest fire was caused by beaver dam, officials say

State officials say a train derailment in rural Maine that spilled hundreds of gallons of fuel and hospitalized three workers was attributable to a beaver dam.

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Beaver Dam Blamed for Train Derailment

A beaver dam is to blame for a derailment that caused a forest fire in Maine in 2023, authorities say. Maine Land Use Planning Commission official Audie Arbo said Wednesday that "a vast amount of water" came through culverts and washed out part of the track after a flow designed to allow water through the dam let go,

These eager beavers saved the Czech government $1.2 million

After plans stalled for a new dam in the Czech Republic, eight beavers saved the day seemingly overnight. “At this point, ...

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Beavers saved Czech Republic over $1M on infrastructure project

Leave it to beavers. Beavers saved the government of the Czech Republic over $1 million on an ill-fated infrastructure ...

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Why engineers are turning to beavers for insights into managing water resources

Beavers and the dams they build are not always embraced in the areas where they do their work. But there's a growing recognition that they also are building a kind of natural infrastructure that helps ...

Beavers finish seven-year dam project in two days

Despite a seven-year planning process and successfully securing the funding, the Czech Republic’s plans to build a new dam in ...

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While Czech Region is Busy Planning Hydro-Project, Beavers Do it For Them–Saving Millions

Ecologists inspecting the dams said they will last a long time and do the jobs of draining the area and offering good ...

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