Any beaver activity is impressive to me. But Voyageurs' dams—well, they're among our most jaw-dropping natural wonders, deserving of international renown.
Time for a thread!
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Check out this 60+ acre wetland. If you told a BuRec engineer to build a dam that maximized impoundment while minimizing materials & labor, he'd put it in the same spot these beavers did.
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But now I *can* imagine such a landscape: It looks like Voyageurs.
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