This is a story about wildlife, about bureaucracy, about politics, about the internet. But, ultimately, it is a story about a beaver. It started two years ago when a baby beaver, just a few days old and weighing one pound,

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey issued a permit to the Newhouse Wildlife Rescue for Nibi, a 2-year-old beaver, allowing her to stay at the wildlife rehabilitation center and serve as an educational animal.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey paid a visit to Nibi the beaver Friday, who will now stay at a wildlife rescue thanks to the governor's intervention.

Governor Maura Healey issued Nibi a permit allowing the 2-year-old beaver who captured the hearts of people across the country to stay at the rehabilitation where she’s lived most of her life.

Gov. Maura Healey and First Lady Joanna Lydgate visit Nibi the beaver at Newhouse Wildlife Rescue. (Office of Gov. Maura Healey)CHELMSFORD, Mass. (WLNE) — Gov. Maura Healey visited Nibi the beaver at Newhouse Wildlife Rescue after announcing that the beaver could stay at the rescue center she has known since she was a baby.

Whether a 2-year-old beaver named Nibi gets to stay with the rescuers she has known since she was a baby or must be released into the wild as winter approaches in Massachusetts has ended up in court — and caused such an uproar that even the governor has weighed in.

Nibi has lived with Newhouse Wildlife Rescue in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, since she was rescued as a baby, but the organization filed an emergency injunction against the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife) after the state office told rescuers to release Nibi into the wild.

Nibi, a two-year-old beaver whose journey has captured the attention of Americans, will be allowed to stay at a wildlife rescue centre after Massachusetts's governor intervened in the matter. Nibi - who was raised in captivity - became the subject of a legal case over whether she would have to be released into the wild or could remain at the Newhouse Wildlife Rescue.

Nibi the Beaver has a forever home at the Newhouse Wildlife Rescue in Chelmsford, and a new role as an educational mascot, the governor's office said Thursday.