Mastodawn

A beaver dam with a large white bird nesting on top. I’m thinking swan, but not 100% sure. Any other guesses?

#naturephotography #wild #Michigan #Yoopers #UPMichigan #WisconsinBorder #beaverdam

Badger State Breakdown May 9

#Meta’s #BeaverDam #DataCenter needs 𝟮𝟮𝟬 𝗺𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘁𝘁𝘀 — basically two large power plants — and the process came wrapped in 𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗡𝗗𝗔𝘀, and 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗱𝗲-𝗮𝗻𝗱-𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗸. But sure, tell us again how this is “growth.”😤

Wisconsin regulators approve r...

Wisconsin regulators approve rates for Meta's Beaver Dam data center, with sharp criticism

Wisconsin utility regulators blasted Alliant Energy and Meta Thursday for a lack of transparency as they approved changes to custom electric rates for the tech company’s plans to build a $1 billion data center campus in Beaver Dam.

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Carolyn May 4

Highway 60 through Algonquin Park has a lot of trails, designed to show off different aspects of the park's habitat. This was along the Beaver Pond Trail.

Nothing here to give a sense of scale, but this is a really impressive dam, maybe 5 feet?

#BeaverDam #AlgonquinPark #JPegsFolder

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Szescstopni Apr 23

Here's a picture from a few days ago (not mine, used by permission). I'll have to find some relatively recent pictures I took before the dam was destroyed.

#Polesia #wetlands #beavers #beaverdam #drought

Front Page [Unofficial]Mar 7

Beavers were brought to the desert to save a dying river. 6 years later, here are the results.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/beavers-brought-to-the-desert-to-save-a-dying-river-6-years-later-here-are-the-results-ex1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beavers-brought-to-the-desert-to-save-a-dying-river-6-years-later-here-are-the-results-ex1

Unofficial PetaPixel Bot Feb 23

BBC Films Yellowstone Beaver Felling Trees and Making a Dam for Winter https://petapixel.com/2026/02/23/bbc-films-yellowstone-beaver-felling-trees-and-making-a-dam-for-winter/ #yellowstonenationalpark #wildlifedocumentary #yellowstone #beaverdam #Features #beaver #nature #winter #fall

BBC Films Yellowstone Beaver Felling Trees and Making a Dam for Winter

Beavers can take out a tree in just a few hours.

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DerekB_WI Jan 25

#protest in #beaverdam today at noon. Meet between chamber of commerce and historical society. Shoe solidarity with Minnesota to push #iceout.

💧🌏 Greg Cocks Nov 27, 2025

Beavers Were Brought To The [Utah] Desert To Save A Dying River. Six Years Later, Here Are The Results.
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https://www.upworthy.com/beavers-refresh-utah-desert-ex1 <-- shared technical media article
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https://youtu.be/9-L___3vV9s?si=7H4JJ7sq_t76jw2L <-- shared media video
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https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2025/01/23/voices-federal-water-investments/ <-- shared local media article on the revitalization
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https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210713-the-beavers-returning-to-the-desert <-- shared international media article on the translocation
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H/T @upworthy
#water #hydrology #desert #Utah #PriceRiver #SanRafaelRiver #restoration #ecosystem #river #waterresources #arid #wildlife #agricultrure #tourism #economics #ROI #costbenefit #humaninpacts #climatechange #overfarming #pollution #Colorado #ColoradoRiverBasin #drought #extremeweather #fluvial #pluvial #wildfire #risk #hazard #fisheries #beaver #translocation #landform #geomorphology #dam #dams #beaverdam #ponds #wetlands #natural #waterquality #reintroduction #keystonespecies #trophiccascade #recreation #fisheries #riparian #habitat #diversity #flow #engineering #fedscience

Front Page [Unofficial]Nov 24, 2025

Beavers were brought to the desert to save a dying river. Six years later, here are the results.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/beavers-refresh-utah-desert-ex1

CM Thiede Nov 13, 2025

Wake up Wisconsin! Judging by what Port Washington's Mayor had to say about their Data Center Project, I'm sure Beaver Dam's residents won't be actively listened to either.

https://www.wpr.org/news/meta-beaver-dam-data-center-campus

#Wisconsin #dataCenters #energy #lakes #water #ai #FolkifiedPoprageousness #BeaverDam #Meta

Meta to invest more than $1B on Beaver Dam data center campus

Social media giant Meta plans to invest more than $1 billion to build a 700,000-square-foot data center campus in Beaver Dam, bringing with it more than 1,000 construction jobs and 100 operational jobs when the campus is completed.

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