Beavers Don't Make Flooding Worse
From The Last Show with David Cooper by David Cooper
April 25, 2026 · 11 min · Season 3 · Episode 990
About this episode
Pascale Biron discusses the impact of beaver dams on flooding.
Hydrogeomorphology researcher and professor Pascale Biron questions if beaver dams really make flooding worse – they don't. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: David Cooper
Guest: Pascale Biron
Topics covered
- beavers
- flooding
- hydrogeomorphology
- environment
- research
Keywords
- beavers
- flooding
- hydrogeomorphology
- environmental research
- dams
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