Today's installment takes its cue from "Beavers Sign up to Fight Effects of Climate Change" by Isabelle Groc in Discover.
A Project With Teeth
In times of drought, we hold spring runoff dear.
Conserving water makes for healthy streams.
The job calls for a top-notch engineer
Experienced in nature's posts and beams.
The specs: Build dams designed to leak a bit.
The State of Washington proposes that
Their beavers can provide the perfect fit.
The pay: Ten thousand miles of habitat.
Instead of billions spent on manmade fuss,
Less than a million bucks could likely save
Six-hundred-fifty-trillion gallons plus,
While giving beavers just the work they crave.
This year a small-scale project aims to tell
How wisely we can draw from nature's well.
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