"As soon as the 's is completed, it begins to accumulate trash and mud. In a little while, usually, it is covered with a mass of soil, shrubs of begin to grow upon it, and after a few years it is a strong, earthy, willow-covered dam. The dams vary in length from a few feet to several hundred feet. I measured one on the that was eleven hundred feet long. The influence of a beaver-dam is astounding. As soon as completed, it becomes a highway for the folk of the wild. It is used day and night. Mice and porcupines, bears and rabbits, lions and wolves, make a bridge of it. From it, in the evening, the graceful deer cast their reflections in the quiet pond. Over it dash pursuer and pursued; and on it take place battles and courtships. It is often torn by hoof and claw of animals locked in death-struggles, and often, very often, it is stained with blood. Many a drama, picturesque, fierce, and wild, is staged upon a beaver-dam."
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Non-fiction authors from the United StatesEnvironmentalists from the United StatesPeople from KansasNaturalists from the United States
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(chapter The Beaver and his Works reprinted from World To-day, December 1908 issue; text for Wild Life on the Rockies at archive.org)
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Enos Mills
(April 22, 1870 – September 21, 1922) was an American naturalist, conservationist, author, photographer, and lecturer, known for his essential role in the creation of .
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