Opinion: Beaver are nature’s firefighters. So why is California killing them?
This summer, more than $2 billion in state funds will go towards fighting fires. And even with those record expenditures, we’re likely to endure a heavy loss. Once again there is too little water and too much dry fuel. And once again we continue to ignore or even kill the water-saving firefighter who would work for free to protect us: the beaver. -Written by Heidi Perryman, child psychologist and beaver advocate.