Emily Fairfax ’14 quoted in New York Times piece on beavers solving stalled dam project in Czechia

Fairfax studied chemistry and physics at Carleton.

4 March 2025 Posted In:
Beaver partially submerged in water.
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Emily Fairfax ’14 was quoted in a New York Times piece titled, “Czech Dam Project Was Stalled by Bureaucracy. Beavers Built Their Own.” The dam project had been delayed by land negotiations; in the meantime, local beavers built several dams, ultimately saving the government more than one million euros.

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