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Senators seek plan to help bring back the beavers and protect wetlands

  • Senators seek plan to help bring back the beavers

    A young beaver swims in the Santa Fe River near Frenchy’s Field Park and the Camino Carlos Rael crossing in 2005. Courtesy photo

Senators seek plan to help bring back the beavers

Senators seek plan to help bring back the beavers

A beaver was spotted on the Santa Fe River south of the Camino Alire bridge in April 2007, when the river was flowing. New Mexican file photo

Posted: Thursday, February 13, 2014 8:00 pm    |    Updated: 8:18 am, Fri Feb 14, 2014.                      

By Staci Matlock SantaFeNewMexican.com

Wildlife biologists contend beavers could be the most low-tech, inexpensive answer that drought-plagued New Mexico has for storing up precious water and rescuing dwindling wetlands— but some of the animals are still killed every year by people who consider them nuisances.

Read more here:http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/health_and_science/senators-seek-plan-to-help-bring-back-the-beavers-and/article_2544abb1-32ec-59e1-9017-746507466b57.html