‘They’re everywhere’: Growing population of beavers affecting traditional lands in Arctic – CBC
May 05, 2026
New research shows how the animals have become more common in the North in recent years
Growing up, Kevin Arey says it used to be a “treat” seeing beavers in the Inuvialuit region. Now, not so much.
“They’re everywhere,” he said. “You see too many of them.”
Arey is an Imaryuk Monitor, a member of a community guardian program whose job is to protect wildlife and land along the N.W.T.’s Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway.
