… The potential benefits of beavers are manifold, from fire prevention and resilience to improved water quality and fishing. … In 2023, the state began a beaver restoration program through the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). Most notably, the program partnered with the Tule River Tribe, as well as the Mountain Maidu people in northern California, to move beavers to tribal lands from areas where they were causing problems for humans, primarily in the watersheds of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers. 

Other watershed and woodland protection news:

• Union of Concerned Scientists: Report: Working with nature to protect California’s agricultural regions
• East Bay Times (Walnut Creek, Calif.): Opinion: Cal Fire’s forest management undermining California’s climate goals
• UC ANR: Blog: Climate, diseases driving death of several tree species in multiple California regions​