Considered a nuisance for years, state officials are looking at beavers as a tool to fight wildfires and repair waterways.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has launched a new program that will introduce beavers that are struggling to retain water, and therefor becoming a fire risk.He showed KPIX through Tasmam Koyom, the valley where California Fish and Wildlife plans to relocate beavers as a part of its new pilot program to revitalize certain waterways and woodlands.
"So thick some places, you can't hardly walk through it. That's why it burned so much," said Cunningham. "We want to make sure that there are plenty of options to allow beavers to live a life in the wild. While at the same time we're just kind of utilizing the natural ecosystem benefits of beaver dams," said Ken Paglia with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
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