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Beaver News & Announcements

threat of LAWSUIT to wildlife services agency gives pause to lethal removal of beaver in oregon

1/11/2018

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This AP story is worth a read. For over 60 years the US Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services division has pursued an aggressive strategy of lethal control and removal of beaver, despite much progress has been made in 'living with beaver' mitigation strategies that have proven more effective and cheaper. Some staff scientists within the agency have continued to ignore the science and improved management practices, and some have gone as far as publishing studies with questionable study designs and interpretation to try to support their practices. It will be interesting to see how this unfolds.  First and foremost, it needs to be recognized that beaver can and do cause undesirable damage to some infrastructure, and mitigation strategies are needed. Lethal control is rarely effective in the long-term, but it could be argued it might be a useful last-resort in the tool-box. This is an interesting angle the plaintiffs are taking invoking an ESA take.
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WATS 6860 - Beaver Course on offer again this spring

1/8/2018

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If you're a USU undergrad or graduate student interested in learning more about beaver as a restoration and conservation tool, please consider registering for WATS 6860. This a 1 credit course, and while its listed as WATS 6860, I will accept upper division undergrads in NR programs. We meet about 10 Thursdays from 4:30 to 6:30 and have 2-3 field trips (including one where you will learn how to design and build beaver dam analogues yourself). Shout with questions.
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Joe served on a panel @ Canadian beaver symposium

1/7/2018

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  • 2017. Invited Talk. Wheaton JM. Beaver as a Restoration Tool: Research, Hot Topics & Expectation Management. Miistakis Institute's Putting Beavers to Work for Watershed Resiliency and Restoration Symposium. Cochrane, Alberta, Canada. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.17590.40000
I went up to Cochrane, Alberta to give a talk at a 'Putting Beavers to Work for Watershed Resiliency and Restoration Symposium' Hosted by the Miistakis Institute and the Alberta Riparian Habitat Management Society (Cows and Fish). It was fun to sit on a question panel with Cherie Westbrook & Glynnis Hood (whom I'd never met), and meet a bunch of great folks doing really interesting work on beaver up in Canada. 
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Utah Watershed Restoration Initiative talk on BDAs

1/7/2018

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Joe recently delivered a talk on Beaver Dam Analogues to the UPCD-WRI Regional Partnership Workshop in Richfield, UT. The slides are available on ResearchGate.

  1. 2017. Wheaton JM.  Beaver Dam Analogues & Other Riparian & Wet Meadow Restoration Techniques. UPCD-WRI Regional Partnership Workshop, Richfield, UT. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.30780.44163
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Originally  posted May 11, 2017, 8:37 AM by Joe Wheaton
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A BLM Webinar on BRAT

1/7/2018

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If you've like a brief overview of BRAT (Beaver Restoration Assessment Tool), the video below is from a BLM webinar we gave recently. This was a webinar for BLM's joint forum between the Soil, Water & Air Group, Fisheries and Aquatics Group, and Riparian Group. We were asked to focus on how BRAT can be used in planning and prioritizing  The video also tacks on a brief introduction to R-CAT (Riparian Condition Assessment Tool) at the end.
  • 2017. Invited Webinar. Wheaton JM and Zollitsch B. BRAT (Beaver Restoration Assessment Tool) for Planning & Prioritizing Watershed Restoration. BLM. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.10896.81922. See here for video. ​

​Originally posted May 9, 2017, 3:00 PM by Joe Wheaton

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Joe delivered Conservation webinar for NRCS on BDAs

1/7/2018

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Joe Wheaton (USU) and Jeremy Maestas (NRCS) delivered a webinar on 'Cheap & Cheerful Stream and Riparian Restoration: Beaver Dam Analogues as a Low-Cost Tool' for NRCS as part of their Conservation Webinar Series on March 22, 2017. Roughly 639 participants attended the webinar.  You can view the webinar here or download slides at Research Gate.

  • 2017. Invited Webinar. Wheaton JM and Maestas J. Cheap and Cheerful Stream and Riparian Restoration: Beaver Dam Analogues as a Low-cost Tool. NRCS Science and Technology Webinar Series. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.36295.70563
Original Post: May 9, 2017, 12:55 PM by Joe Wheaton
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Beaver: Back to the Future video now online!

1/7/2018

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The Grand Canyon Trust has just released a new 13-minute video “Beaver: Back to the Future,” featuring ET AL's own Nick Bouwes. It also includes four Forest Service employees, and a retired Regional Forester who praise the power of beaver to beneficially restore and manage national forest water flows in the face of climate change.

Filmmaker Sarah Koenigsberg’s camera captures three processes by which beaver have recently been able to re-enter creek systems in Utah, Oregon, and Washington to work their dam magic.
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Originally Posted: Sep 28, 2015, 1:59 PM by Jeannine Huenemann
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Science Unwrapped Talk by Joe on Beaver

1/7/2018

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​Joe delivered a Science Unwrapped talk on September 11, 2015 to a Logan Audience & on September 24, 2015 to a Park City Audience at Swanner EcoCenter.

The Logan presentation was recorded and will be posted eventually to Science Unwrapped's Website.

PDFs of the slides are available here:
  • Logan Slides
  • Park City Slides​

A video of the Logan Version of the talk can be found here:
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If you want just to watch the video that was shown during the presentation, see here:
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Beaver & USU's Year of Water

1/7/2018

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Utah State University has made 2015 the Year of Water, and our research on beaver are a big part of that. Jeremy Jensen did a fantastic job of highlighting some of ET-AL's research with respect to beaver.joewheaton.org:
Originally Posted: Sep 15, 2015, 10:31 AM by Jeannine Huenemann
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Grand Canyon Trust Webinar on Beaver on February 11th!

1/7/2018

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On Wednesday, February 11, 2015, at 10 AM MST, Grand Canyon Trust hosted a webinar by Joe Wheaton on "What Can Beaver Teach Us About Adapting to Climate Change and Building More Resilient Systems?" ​

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Utah State University
 fluvial geomorphologist Joe Wheaton studies rivers and the changes we humans – and beaver – bring to them. Joe and his colleagues observe, map, and document what happens when rivers are fortunate enough to have beaver, both here in the West and around the world. In this 1-hour webinar, Joe will share what he and others are learning from beaver, explain where and how their dams interact with climate change, and take your questions. 

Originally Posted:  Feb 8, 2015, 10:10 AM by Joe Wheaton 
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      • Beaver Ecology & Hydrogeomorphic Feedbacks >
        • Introductions, Expectations & Overview
        • Beaver Ecology & History
        • Ecological & Hydrogeomorphic Feedbacks of Beaver Dams
        • Monitoring Beaver Activity - Understanding the Beaver Dam Cycle
      • Restoration & Conservation Regulations >
        • Potential Problems Using Beaver for Restoration & Conservation
        • Overview of Conservation & Restoration Practices
        • Existing Beaver Restoration Projects
        • Regulatory Framework Relevant to Beaver
        • Expectation Management: Communicating to Public/Stakeholders/Decision Makers
        • Assessing Potential for Beaver in Restoration & Conservation
        • Field Examples of Assessing Capacity of Landscape to Support Beaver
      • Designing & Monitoring Restoration Projects With Beaver >
        • General Design Considerations & Concepts
        • Design Process at Bridge Creek
        • Monitoring Design, Maintenance & Adaptive Management
        • Monitoring Findings in Bridge Creek
        • Curtis Creek Field Trip
    • Beaver Literature
    • Interesting Links
    • Videos & Movies
    • Need Help Planning, Designing & Building?
    • External LInks >
      • BRAT - Beaver Restoration Assessment Tool
      • Restoration Consortium @ USU
      • The Beaver Institute
      • Wheaton ETAL Lab
      • Anabranch Solutions