Beavers

Effective solutions

Beavers irrigate the park with little canals and ponds, which holds back water from flooding local homes and roads
Urban beavers legally have to be enclosed by fencing, which excludes crime and ASB from hiding in the undergrowth and forces change
Beaver habitat helps to filter out pollution, and provides additional motivation to improve upstream water quality
Local schools (and other organised groups) would be able to safely access the beaver enclosure to engage in educational and extra-curricular activities in the ponds and canals with the biodiversity that the beavers create
People could be encouraged to contribute to the biodiversity and health of the nature reserve
Beavers are a keystone species: they irrigate with water and open up sunny glades in undergrowth, which encourages diverse plant and wildlife - this helps create little nature reserves

Regulation

Beavers are on a 5-year-license from Natural England
Hydrological studies are done as part of securing the license: this checks the impact of water in the local area

A beaver enclosure would reduce open public space in the middle of the park, while providing an accessible nature reserve that helps resolve serious local problems.

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