Sonoma Valley advocates push for reintroduction of beavers
Advocates … argue that beavers play a key role in creating healthy waterways and ecosystems. The role of beavers in the recent storm is just one example of why advocates want to reintroduce—and protect—beavers throughout the state. However, under state law, beavers are considered a “detrimental species” due in part to their dam-building, which can damage agricultural land and flood human developments. They are feared, and often killed, by landowners for this reason.