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Mark Elliott

Restoration ecologist and national beaver specialist who led the River Otter Beaver Trial for Devon Wildlife Trust and now works on beaver restoration at Knepp.

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APPEARANCES

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PODCASTS

Jan 6, 2026

The Knepp Wilding Podcast

The Knepp Wilding Podcast

Is England Beaver Ready?

Jan 6 · 38m

Isabella TreeHOST

9:19

And anyway, don't we want them out there? And don't we want them breeding with other beavers?

Mark ElliotGUEST

9:24

Yeah, I mean, this is the slightly mad thing is that, you know, this is a native protected species.

Mark ElliotGUEST

9:29

And yet we are, we're still quite frightened of it.

Mark ElliotGUEST

9:32

You know, we're frightened about what it's going to do in the wider landscape.

Mark ElliotGUEST

9:35

And I think we've shown really quite effectively that we can live alongside beavers.

Mark ElliotGUEST

9:39

In most situations, they really don't cause insurmountable problems.

Mark ElliotGUEST

9:43

That doesn't mean they don't cause some issues.

8 MINS LATER

Isabella TreeHOST

17:50

How do you manage that? And can you give us some sort of examples of the journey that people have been on to learn to live with beavers again?