It was quite an unexpected headline from NASA this past summer: Researchers Become “Beaver Believers” After Measuring the Impacts of Rewilding.

NASA – the space agency? Yes, it turns out that NASA keeps a close eye on earth, too. They track water; they track food production; they collect an amazing cornucopia of data. And part of that tracking is remotely observing the power of rewilding by beavers in Idaho, helping show which streams can support beavers and monitoring how water and vegetation change if they return.