Waters of life : fighting for Scotland's Beavers / Tom Bowser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bowser, Tom, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Revegetation.

Scotland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh, Scotland : Birlinn, Limited, 2025.

Summary:

Once common across most of the country, beavers were hunted to extinction in the sixteenth century, but have gradually been returning to Scottish waters. In this deeply personal account, Argaty's Tom Bowser tells of his attempts to save these incredible animals, and the gains that beavers ultimately brought to his family farm.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Introduction: An Unexpected Call

Part One: Beavers and Bureaucracy

1. They Were Once Here

2. Small Reasons for Optimism

3. #MoveDontKill

4. Going Public

5. A Test of Faith

6. Time to Buckle Up

7. Flood on the Tracks

8. Two Sides of the Story

9. Fighting Back

10. Holding Back the Beaver

11. Trees for Life, Take a Bow

12. Beavers!

Part Two: Living with Beavers

13. Thinking Like a Beaver

14. The Common Cause

15. Shifting Baselines Back

16. Drought

17. Bamff

18. Different Species, Same Story? Sleepless Nights and Worry on Eagle Island

19. ‘The Word “Whore” Gets Used a Lot’

20. All Roads Lead to Roy

21. Fig

Epilogue Generated by AI.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-78885-771-2

9781788857710 (electronic book)

OCLC:

1521561672