You may think of a river as a winding band of deep water, hemmed in on both sides by tall, rocky banks.
But Eli Tome, the Director of Conservation for McKenzie River Trust, would like to change that perception.
“Part of our work is hopefully showing the community that when somebody says ‘a river,’ that you think of a connected wetland complex,” said Tome. “Really it’s the whole system, connected to its banks, and thriving little ecosystems that are off to the side, with beaver damming it up.”…