Introducing Gia Giammarinaro as my cohost for todays episode. Gia is the lead Naturalist at Cincinnati Parks California Woods Nature Preserve. Her favorite rodent is the beaver. How many people do you know who lunch with beavers? Gia was actually on the Parachuting Beaver episode and returns with an amazing story she found in National Geographic. This episode is part of our Keystone Species series.
Related episode: Parachuting Beavers
Keystone Species series: All About Alligators
Our sources for this episode include:
- How beavers became North America’s best firefighter
- Controversy builds around beaver dams
- The Benefits of Beavers
Special thanks to Cinfed Credit Union for sponsoring this episode.
One of Gia’s two friends…
Remember the HUGE beaver dam we drug our canoes over in the Boundary Waters?
They love to trim the silver maple seedlings on the Whitewater River.
The boundary waters are so cool. I hope to get back up there next year.
I am starting to think Gia may have more than two friends!