BLAIR MILLER

In the face of a multiyear drought, and with an eye toward preserving as much snowpack runoff for as long as possible each spring, biologists and conservation groups are increasingly looking to beavers as a key part of the solution. Montana officials are considering approving a program to transplant beavers across the state as part of an eff ort to fight drought and restore wetland habitats, once prevalent across the West, closer to their natural states that existed hundreds of years ago.

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