SANTA FE COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) –Once nearly wiped out across North America, beavers are slowly reclaiming territory in New Mexico—and gaining new allies along the way. Long seen as a nuisance for flooding roads, damaging infrastructure, and disrupting acequias, beavers are now being embraced as powerful partners in ecological restoration and climate resilience.

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WildEarth Guardians is one of the groups leading efforts to help humans and beavers coexist. Their tool of choice: pond-leveling devices—simple, pipe-based solutions des

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