We love being surprised and this story did that! A radical proposal to bring back beavers to New York City.
From Slate: "While you may think that a concrete jungle is not the right place for an animal that clogs up streams with dams, I’m here to tell you that restoring a population of urban beavers could help bring New York City—and, perhaps, other cities like it—into a more prosperous, ecological future."
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