Today, more than ever, we need beavers to help us restore western watersheds, capture & store carbon, protect salmon, and increase wildlife resilience to forest fires. Before European colonization, it's estimated that 100-200 million beavers shaped the landscape of North America. Intensive trapping dramatically reduced these numbers, and today only about 10-15 million beavers remain.
Several Northwest organizations have teamed up to request that President Biden use his executive powers to protect beavers on federally-managed public lands. We need your help. Please invite your friends to sign this petition: www.change.org/ProtectBeavers
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Western Watersheds
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Apr 28, 2023