“The house is on a very thin piece of land, and the beaver pond is most of the property,” she said. Her company, Rhode Island Beaver Management, is the first of its kind operating in Rhode Island, she said, installing and maintaining beaver flow devices. The practice is common in other New England states and is becoming a useful alternative in Rhode Island. ecoRI News reported on a beaver device that was installed in Burrillville over the summer. In addition to the environmental benefits of having beavers, she also noted, in a practical sense, that even when beavers are removed from an environment, they often come back.