Catherine Means (back of cage) and Kent Woodruff (former director of the Methow Beaver Project in Washington state) transport a live-trapped beaver from an area in conflict with human infrastructure in 2016. Though translocation is sometimes necessary, the MBP focuses on employing low-tech process-based restoration techniques and coexistence techniques before resorting to it, recognizing that we humans can do a lot to prepare sites to be better suited to beaver success before we reintroduce the animals themselves.  
Photo: Sarah Koenigsberg