The Brdy dam was intended to restore the area to its natural state, decades after the Czech military built a bypass gully that drained its surroundings.

The beaver version is sure to be more natural than anything a human would manage, with less disruption. Another bonus is that the officials are now incentivised to protect the beavers as they’re maintaining infrastructure.

Self repairing, balance of nature, positive impact upon biodiversity dam. For more or less zero cost to the ape creatures who stupidly think the earth is theirs alone.

One January morning, officials woke up to discover that the dam had been completed by eight beavers. Not only had these beavers built the dam in almost the same spots that humans had originally planned construction, but they effectively saved Czech leadership 30 million korunas (about $1.2 million).

“[Beavers] built the dams without any project documentation and for free,” says Bohumil Fišer, Brdy’s Protected Land Administration (PLA) chief.

No environmental impact study. No permit. Non union workforce. Check the materials - did they use properly rated materials? Cutting corners until it cost nothing. Beavers aren’t even trained engineers!

But seriously this is excellent news. Love nature aligning with human interests. Makes big money want to save animals.

Wish they got photos.