A group of eight beavers accidentally saved the Czech government from spending millions of dollars on a dam project. The beavers built their own dam, which fulfilled the same purpose as the government-planned dam.
A group of eight beavers inadvertently saved the Czech government millions of dollars by constructing a dam that would have otherwise been built at a cost of over a million dollars. Government officials had reportedly received approval to allocate 30 million crowns (approx. 1.2 million dollars) to the project, which was conceived as a solution to address water issues in the protected area.
Seven years after starting the project, officials were unable to acquire a building permit that would allow them to complete the dam.However, after seven years, the project encountered an obstacle, as officials were unable to acquire the permits to continue building the dam. “The Military Forest Management and the Vltava River Basin were negotiating with each other to set up the project and address issues regarding ownership of land. The beavers beat them to it, saving us CZK 30 million,” said Jaroslav Obermajer, head of the Central Bohemian office of the Czech Nature and Landscape Protection Agency (AOPK).While the discovery occurred overnight, it’s likely that the eight beavers took longer than a day to complete the structure, Gerhard Schwab, beaver manager for the southern part of Bavaria, told the nature magazine. Schwab told the nature magazine that he believes the construction took a few weeks and no one noticed the work until it was completed. Though the government had approved $1.2 million for the dam, the project was halted after seven years because officials were unable to acquire building permits. Their impressive work—completed by using mud, rocks, and wood—can also serve as natural firebreaks and provide flooding control, as per “Beavers always know best,” said Jaroslav Obermajer, head of the Central Bohemian office of the Czech Nature and Landscape Protection Agency (AOPK). “The places where they build dams are always chosen just right—better than when we design it on paper.
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