Beaver dam in Black River

Wetland view, with a line of woven sticks that is a beaver dam across the lower center of a pond, cattails and leafless trees on shore.

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Beaver dam in Black River

Beaver shape the wetlands in the Black River Unit of Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge.

Image

Photo By/Credit

William O. Vogel

Facility

Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge

Ecosystem

Wetland

Species

Castor canadensis

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Subject tags

Wetlands

Wildlife refuges

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