Czech this out! (no politics or bad news)
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Bureaucracy has a way of delaying projects, often demanding approval for planning, funding, and permits. In the Czech Republic, an unexpected source circumvented this red tape.
For seven years, the Czech government had plans to build a new dam in the Brdy region and, though successfully securing necessary funds, the project stalled as authorities struggled to obtain building permits. Efforts ground to a halt, until beavers took matters into their own paws.
One January morning, officials woke up to discover that the dam had been completed by eight beavers. Not only had these beavers built the dam in almost the same spots that humans had originally planned construction, but they effectively saved Czech leadership 30 million korunas (about $1.2 million).
“[Beavers] built the dams without any project documentation and for free,” says Bohumil Fišer, Brdy’s Protected Land Administration (PLA) chief.
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In other Czech news, a big head on beer is all the rage.
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@Mik said in Czech this out! (no politics or bad news):
Nature FTW.
[buzzkill] Don’t declare victory too early. We don’t know how long that particular dam will last yet. Typical beaver-built dams last only a few years. Beavers don’t stay in one spot forever and once the beavers are gone, the dam stopped being maintained and may deteriorate and get washed away. [/buzzkill]
