Kawuneeche Valley, located in the western part of Rocky Mountain National Park, has seen better days.
An overpopulation of overgrazing moose has forced beavers out of their natural habitat, and the loss of natural beaver-built water systems has led to extensive degradation.
Jeremy Shaw, a research scientist at Colorado State University, told the National Parks Conservation Association that the region is “too far gone” for beavers to bounce back on their own…