Nice article this morning out of Ventura County. Never exactly the place you expect to read great things about beavers but never say never. Thank you Emily Fairfax for keeping this at the forefront,

“A BIG WEB OF WATER ON THE LANDSCAPE” | Are beavers our new firefighters?

Communities across California, as well as many Western states, are searching for ways to fire harden urban interface zones and buffer areas. One emerging concept — that seems new but is actually rooted in millions of years of habitat and wildlife evolution — is that encouraging the North American beaver to return or to be reintroduced to historic habitat areas may have a positive impact in terms of fire resistance. (more…)