An idea for the (future, hopefully competent) government that's cool and useful and awesome and adorable

Ok, so I have an amazing idea. Is it insane? Maybe. Is it brilliant? Yes. And there are a lot of researchers who agree with me.

The pitch:

There are many states that have become shriveled little (or big) raisins. All these states still have at least a few little areas of soggy green, and this is crucial--if all the soggy green areas are gone, the state will have to wait for a neighboring state to get the ball rolling for them. Ok, so let's say you've got some good, green sog going in one area. How on earth do you spread that water around in such a way as to keep the ground lush and firmly rooted, thus less prone to flooding when it does rain, and make everything a bit more fireproof, to boot? I'll tell you how. 

Beavers. The answer is beavers. 

I'm not sure how many beavers would be required here--I think it's in the millions just for California, and the current North American* beaver population is (according to the WWF) somewhere between 10 and 15 million. (Aside: it's very funny to estimate a population and find that you are +/- 5 million. That's a large number. I'm hoping it's 15 million, because the more the better! Gimme them beavs!) 

Now, if you were to google "how many beavers would it take to fix LA's water problem," Google's little AI Overview above all the actual search results will talk to you like you're an idiot who doesn't understand how the aqueduct works, but the actual results will give you interesting articles like this one from the Guardian, or--EXTREMELY relevantly--this article from LA Magazine, which I found (oddly) from a blog post by the New Mexico Beaver Project, that just goes to show that this is an idea already had by many professional people, and I find it vindicating. I think researchers would appreciate that I've been into this idea since we saw this beaver documentary years ago,** but I also know that not enough people talk about beavers. Oregon is the Beaver State! Come on, guys! We should have, like, Beaver Week in our schools! If you've never seen (or watched videos of) the Washington Park Zoo's beavers, Filbert and Maple, you are missing out on a joy not oft felt these days. 

So why did I write this post if it's not some genius, novel idea? Man, I don't know. I got up this morning and was really sad for some reason (so many possible reasons! and I legitimately cannot pinpoint the culprit!), but then I started thinking about how great beavers are, and that we should have more of them, and that people should be talking about them and their perfection daily.*** They are great little dudes and dudettes, and they could 100000% make the world a better place if we really let 'em rip. 

Is there a beaver lobby? I should become a beaver lobbyist. That'd be another cool thing to add to my already somewhat perplexing resume.

*Canada + USA + Mexico

**which I swear aired on PBS, but last time I searched for it, I found a different beaver documentary, so this is either a Mandela effect situation or I just can't find it

***I will also accept weekly