Bill Bruton is noticing some surprising changes in his mountain town nine months after the state鈥檚 second largest wildfire ripped through it, destroying more than 300 homes.

Deep in the Cameron Peak burn scar, nestled among charred hills, there鈥檚 an oasis of green 鈥� an idyllic patch of trickling streams that wind through a lush grass field. Apart from a few scorched branches on the periphery, it鈥檚 hard to tell that this particular spot was in the middle of Colorado's largest-ever wildfire just a year ago. This wetland was spared thanks to the work of beavers.

It鈥檚 been almost exactly a year since the Cameron Peak Fire tore through the foothills outside of Fort Collins on its way to becoming the largest fire in state history. Now, restoration efforts are underway.