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# The Beaver Boom: How One Rodent Shaped a Continent
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/human-footprint/extras/the-beaver-boom-how-one-rodent-shaped-a-continent-f05g2f/
- Published: 2025-06-24T15:31:01.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-20T18:48:04.000Z
- Description: Shane explores how beavers once ruled North America — and how they might again.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Human Footprint, #ZZZ_Show_920c28e7-cc8d-4bd4-a6a1-1d54d80cf6c8, #geo-us, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_30279170-3909-4874-bc1a-eab5c0e26d25, #extra

Shane links up with journalist Ben Goldfarb and suits up with beaver expert Skip Lisle to uncover how beavers reshaped the American landscape — and what we lost when they vanished. From centuries of fur trade to modern-day beaver-saving inventions, this segment shows how one bucktoothed rodent could help restore wetlands, fight climate change, and save taxpayer dollars.