The ailing Great Salt Lake has garnered national attention amid Utah's drought struggles, and both conservationists and politicians have offered their proposals to aid in the dwindling water levels of the lake.
One group, the Emigration Canyon Sustainability Alliance, originally formed by local residents, is exploring new methods "to improve water quality, increase stream flows and protect wildlife through groundwater studies, septic system planning and other actions."
An approach the group and many others in the West are taking is to model the natural behaviors of the North American beaver, a crucial and necessary species in its habitat. Specifically, environment groups are mimicking the large rodents' building habits via beaver dam analogs — man-made replicas of natural beaver dams.
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