Praxis Core Reading Quiz
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When asked to imagine a beaver, most people picture a hardworking engineer building dams on forest streams. Yet along arid stretches of the American West, wildlife managers are now relocating beavers to desert wadis where their dam-building instinct slows flash floods and creates wetland oases. Early results show increased biodiversity and improved groundwater recharge. The initiative demonstrates that ecological roles are context-dependent: an animal deemed a nuisance in one region can become a keystone species in another. By rethinking traditional wildlife boundaries, conservationists hope to harness, rather than combat, natural behaviors for ecosystem restoration.
What is the author's primary purpose in writing this passage?
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