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What can humans learn from beavers when it comes to drought-proofing the landscape?

The collaborative has raised over $4 million to build its first project and plan three more sites that slow water and support returning beavers.

Amid a field of “zombie willows” in the Kawuneeche Valley within Rocky Mountain National Park, researchers and water providers are taking lessons from nature’s ecosystem engineers to build drought resilience and restore wetlands.  “This valley was once a really significant wetland in Colorado … it was just this really thriving beaver-willow-wetland complex, and very biologically diverse,” said Kimberly Tekavec, the senior source water protection…

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Glenwood Springs Post Independent broke the news on Friday, June 19, 2026.
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