Return of the Once-Rare Beaver? Not in My Yard

An example of the unintended consequences of public policy.

Around the nation, decades of environmental regulation, conservation efforts and changing land use have brought many species, like beavers, so far back from the brink that they are viewed as nuisances. As Stuart Pimm, a conservation ecologist at Duke University, put it, “We are finding they are inconvenient.�

via Return of the Once-Rare Beaver? Not in My Yard. - NYTimes.com.