April 7th is International Beaver Day, a great time to lead a hike to a beaver pond, arrange a library display or give a program about this amazing animal.

Beavers are more than fascinating watchable wildlife–they can help us solve major environmental problems. To raise public awareness about this shy, but important species, individual actions can also range from writing a letter to the editor to doing a radio or television interview. An agency could take advantage of this day to launch a new beaver policy.