The Irish Times speaks with Dr. Mary Bourke: beavers in Irish rivers, the answer to flooding?
Pádraic Fogarty from The Irish Times spoke with Dr. Mary Bourke for his article on the case for introducing the beaver (a non-native species) to Irish rivers.
Dr. Bourke advocated for the adoption of low impact nature based solutions in contributing to flood attenuation, from the work on the Slowaters Project.
NBS mimic the work of the beaver without needing to introduce a non-native species to our delicate native ecosystem.
View the Irish Times article here