This Talk Tuesday, Leia Barnett and Chris Smith of the New Mexico Beaver Project explore the history of beavers in New Mexico and what they are doing to restore beaver numbers in New Mexico. They’ll follow the beavers’ critical role in the state’s water and climate future and, most importantly, prove to us why beavers are just about the coolest rodents in the land.
Beavers can make New Mexico a more lush, resilient, hospitable, and productive place for people and wildlife. The New Mexico Beaver Project is working to restore beavers in New Mexico waterways to save water, recharge aquifers, mitigate flooding and drought, reduce wildfire damage, create aquatic and wetland habitats, and provide more clean, cool water to all life that relies on it – including us.