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Leave It to Beavers - Preview

Learn how beavers are recruited to reverse the effects of global warming & water shortages

Aired 05/14/2014 | Rating NR

Nature

Leave It to Beavers - Preview

Preview: Season 32 Episode 17 | 48s

Learn how beavers are recruited to reverse the effects of global warming & water shortages

A growing number of scientists, conservationists and grassroots environmentalists have come to regard beavers as overlooked tools in the effort to reverse the disastrous effects of global warming and worldwide water shortages. View these industrious rodents, once valued for their fur or hunted as pests, in a new light through the eyes of this novel assembly of beaver enthusiasts and “employers.”

Aired 05/14/2014 | Rating NR

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Major support for NATURE is provided by The Arnhold Family in memory of Henry and Clarisse Arnhold, The Fairweather Foundation, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Charles Rosenblum, Kathy Chiao and...

Beaver Rescue in Denver

Clip: S32 Ep17 | 2m 30s | Meet Hairdresser Sherri Tippie, the top live trapper of the species in North America (2m 30s)

How Beavers Build Dams

Clip: S32 Ep17 | 2m 32s | Beavers are devoted to their work as dam builders and they are born equipped for the job. (2m 32s)

Leave It to Beavers - Preview

Preview: S32 Ep17 | 31s | Premieres Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings. (31s)

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Major support for NATURE is provided by The Arnhold Family in memory of Henry and Clarisse Arnhold, The Fairweather Foundation, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Charles Rosenblum, Kathy Chiao and...

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