Beaver reintroduction and management in England

We want to know what you think about our proposed approach to beaver reintroduction and management in England.

Our proposals would:

• allow releases into the wild where licence applications show clear benefits and where risks of negative impacts are avoided, mitigated for, or managed
• allow existing wild-living beaver populations to remain
• continue to allow releases into enclosures, with licence criteria tightened to focus on the benefits of the project

We also want to know what management and support you think should be available to those managing beavers.