Water gurgled softly through a beaver dam on Bear Creek near Morrison as Katie Gill reflected on a six-year campaign to save her happy place in Bear Creek Lake Park from destruction. Cottonwoods ...

“Seattle is a hot spot for urban beavers,” said Elyssa Kerr, executive director of Beavers Northwest, which has consulted with Seattle Parks and Rec on the beaver dam at Carkeek Park. As of ...