Introducing Gia Giammarinaro as my cohost for todays episode. Gia is the lead Naturalist at <a href= "https://www.cincinnatiparks.com/parks-venues/east/california-woods-nature-preserve/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cincinnati Parks California Woods Nature Preserve</a>. Her favorite rodent is the beaver. How many people do you know who lunch with beavers? Gia was actually on the Parachuting Beaver episode and returns with an amazing story she found in National Geographic. Related episode: <a href="http://natureguys.org/beavers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Parachuting Beavers </a> Our sources for this episode include: <ul> <li>How beavers became North America’s best firefighter <a href= "https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/09/beavers-firefighters-wildfires-california-oregon/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/09/beavers-firefighters-wildfires-california-oregon/</a></li> <li>Controversy builds around beaver dams <a href= "https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/controversy-builds-around-beaver-dams/0kkaK8Bs4dNCzR6etmPP4M/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/controversy-builds-around-beaver-dams/0kkaK8Bs4dNCzR6etmPP4M/</a></li> <li>The Benefits of Beavers <a href= "https://waterwisewisdom.com/2020/02/01/the-benefits-of-beavers/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://waterwisewisdom.com/2020/02/01/the-benefits-of-beavers/</a></li> </ul> Special thanks to <a href="https://www.cinfed.com/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Cinfed Credit Union</a> for sponsoring this episode.

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