Get Wild: What Has Nature Ever Done for Us? The American Beaver

Get Wild: What has nature ever done for us? The American beaver

I’m often asked, “what good is ‘X’ species,” “or “what can ‘X’ species do for me?” Regarding American beavers from a utilitarian view, the answer is that beavers are key to restoration of stream and riparian ecosystem health and function across the arid West. Beaver activity, if common enough and widespread enough, can restore watershed health, raise the water table, restore streamflows to the West’s drying rivers, help reverse the catastrophic …

Beavers' dam expertise helps NM communities restore waterways

Beavers' dam expertise helps NM communities restore waterways July 3, 2025 mrajotte July 10, 2025 Public News Service