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New Mexico Beaver Project

  • One of the largest general fund appropriations in the department鈥檚 history, the recommendation from the Legislative Finance Committee 鈥 which would be spread across three years 鈥 would bring aid for 鈥渟pecies of greatest conservation need鈥 with dwindling or threatened populations.
  • Historically, beavers in the U.S. were killed for their fashionable pelts and unique scent glands typically used in perfumes or food flavoring.Nowadays, while tens of thousands of beavers are still snared, trapped, or shot across the country, there鈥檚 a push to introduce more beavers into crucial riparian habitats to combat climate change.