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@paulbusch beavers are already doing their thing, as they have since their 1950s to 1970s reintroduction into their former range in western North America But it’s not always a positive. Beavers reshape the environment in massive ways. Their impact as they move north beyond the Boreal forest into the tundra is releasing carbon from the permafrost at highly accelerated rates. They’ve already migrated north along the entire length of the Mackenzie River and have been seen swimming in the Arctic Ocean as they move laterally along the sea coast. An early 2017 CBC news report: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/beavers-move-north-1.4152130 And a *Nature of Things* documentary episode on the phenomenon “The Invasion of the Beaver.” https://youtu.be/i4CvYrYSxF8