The beavers did their beaver jobs ... and slowing Piper’s Creek to form a massive, roughly 100-foot wide pond. The beavers’ mega-dam and the new wetlands it has created is a natural wonder.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — More than half a million dollars is being allocated to a project in northwest Knox County to stabilize a creek bank and remove an old dam. Beaver Creek covers 86 square miles ...