{"id":16241,"date":"2015-09-25T05:30:18","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T05:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=16241"},"modified":"2015-09-24T19:52:02","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T19:52:02","slug":"landslides-caused-by-beavers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2015\/09\/25\/landslides-caused-by-beavers\/","title":{"rendered":"Landslides caused by beavers"},"content":{"rendered":"
Landslides caused by beavers<\/h5>\n

In Switzerland a section of the A1 motorway close to Courgevaux in the canton of Fribourg was closed by a landslide triggered by a beaver.\u00a0 Thelocal.ch has the details<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Several tonnes of earth and rock covered the roadway early in the morning and it took a crew with earth-moving equipment until the evening to clear it up, police said.\u00a0 The beaver had blocked a stream running parallel to the motorway. Pressure from the water burst a retaining wall, triggering the landslide, police said.\u00a0 There was no information on what happened to the beaver.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There is also an image of the debris:-<\/p>\n

\"Beaver\"<\/a>

A beaver landslide, picture from the Fribourg cantonal police via thelocal.ch<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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Perhaps surprisingly this is not the first time that beavers have been responsible for landslides.\u00a0 Back in July, a landslide in Likely, British Columbia in Canada was caused by the collapse of a beaver dam<\/a>.\u00a0 This landslide damaged a road, causing 14 properties to be cut off. Meanwhile, back in July 2014 beavers were initially blamed for causing a landslide in North Okanagan<\/a>, also in BC, although after putting up a spirited defence they were subsequently vindicated<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Other posts that may be of interest:<\/h5>\n