{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Beavers: Nature's Climate Resilience Engineers","description":"Drought. Flooding. Wildfires. These are all risks our communities and built environment face and these risks are increasing as our planet warms. Beavers, nature's engineers and a keystone species, can help us fight all of these risks. Beavers are central to water management (reducing flooding and droughts and mitigating wildfires) because of how they handle water: they slow it, spread it, store it, and sink it.&amp;nbsp; M\u00f3nika and Jessica interview Ben Goldfarb, author of Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter.&amp;nbsp;They discuss beavers' past, present, and future - their connection to European settlement of North America, present-day approaches to beaver activities, and how beavers can help protect our communities in the future. Links and resources mentioned in the show: Ben Goldfarb  Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter a book by Ben Goldfarb Crossings | Ben Goldfarb | W. W. Norton &amp;amp; Company Beaver Institute Management, Research and Education  Microsoft Word - ECONW Escalante Beaver Values Report 0211.doc &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Adapt: Climate Change and the Built Environment","author_url":"https:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/473751","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/34338670\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/34338670"}