First Beavers in Decades Released on Tule River Tribal Reservation in California

For the first time in decades, a family of beavers has made a home in the South Fork Tule River watershed after their release in June by the Tule River Tribe and state wildlife officials. The new location for the seven beavers is on the Tule River Indian Reservation in the Southern Sierra Nevada, about 100 miles southeast of Fresno in Central California. Beavers had roamed the surrounding area starting 1,000 years ago, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Beaver pictographs can be seen at the Painted Rock next to the South Fork Tule River on the 55,000-acre reservation, but the creatures haven’t been seen on the land for decades....