Somewhere in Czechoslovakia, there are a slew of civil engineers who can take a year or two off.
There was a parcel of land, once used by the military as a training area, that the local officials decided to return to a natural wetland state by building a dam on the local river.
To this end, they started the usual procedures. You know, studies, planning, permitting, etc., etc., and the work takes years to get started and years more to complete.
Meanwhile...
A family of beavers migrate into the area where the officials are planning to build this dam and (shocker!) build a dam. Pretty much right where the white hardhat brigade had planned.
In two days.
The resulting water level change produced a wetland area roughly twice the size of that which had originally been planned and saved Czech taxpayers something on the order of $1.2 million dollars.
Plus, built in natural engineers are now in residence. The beavers continue to build dams and regulate the water in the area, much to the delight of the officials in charge (and in funds!).
The whole story is here if you'd like to know more.
Take the day off, boys. Beavers happen.
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