Environmental Woes of Tierra del Fuego -- Invasive Species

Tree-felling is perhaps the beaver's greatest public relations problem, as residents, tourists, politicians and loggers all gaze in wonder on the ghosts of beech trees that stand in every river valley, victims of the flooding caused by the beaver dams. Gnawed stumps of smaller trees ring their habitat, giving the beaver a voracious reputation.

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Tree-felling is perhaps the beaver's greatest public relations problem, as residents, tourists, politicians and loggers all gaze in wonder on the ghosts of beech trees that stand in every river valley, victims of the flooding caused by the beaver dams. Gnawed stumps of smaller trees ring their habitat, giving the beaver a voracious reputation.