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EXPECTATION MANAGEMENT: COMMUNICATING TO PUBLIC/STAKEHOLDERS/DECISION MAKERS

​UP TO RESTORATION & CONSERVATION REGULATIONS​

background

synopsis of topic

We outline some of challenges of dealing with public perception of beavers and implementing a restoration project that encourages their proliferation.  We discuss how to:
  • Communicate benefits of process-based restoration and uncertainties (adaptive management?)
  • Describe the economic benefits of ecosystem services provided by beaver.  

why we're covering it

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Michael Pollock explains how beavers manipulated this site but then their dam blew out.
Perhaps the biggest hurdle to implementing stream restoration using beaver is to convince public and stakeholders that the potential benefits beavers provide, and associated uncertainties, out-weigh the potential cost of status quo. ​

learning outcomes

This topics helps us with the following learning outcome for the workshop:
  •  How to manage public expectations regarding potential restoration responses involving beaver.

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slides & handouts

Choose Workshop for Slides:
  • 2011 ICRRR
  • 2012 ICRRR

Relevant or Cited Literature
Communicating about Charismatic Mega-fauna
  • Bird B, O’Brien M and Peterson. M. 2011. Beaver and Climate Change Adaptation in North America: A Simple, Cost-Effective Strategy for the National Forest System, WildEarth Guardians, Grand Canyon Trust, & The Lands Council 56 pp. Available: http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/research/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Beaver-Report_Final.pdf.
Communicating Uncertainties
  • Wheaton, J.M., Darby, S.E. and Sear, D., 2008. The Scope of Uncertainties in River Restoration. In: S.E. Darby and D. Sear (Editors), River Restoration: Managing the Uncertainty in Restoring Physical Habitat. John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, U.K., pp. 21-39. DOI:  10.1002/9780470867082.ch3.
  •   Sear, D.A., Wheaton, J.M. and Darby, S.E., 2008. Uncertain restoration of gravel-bed rivers and the role of geomorphology. In: H. Habersack, H. Piegay and M. Rinaldi (Editors), Gravel-Bed Rivers VI: From Process Understanding to River Restoration. Elseiver, pp. 739-760.
Economic Evaluation
  • Buckley M, Souhlas T, Niemi E, Warren E and Reich S. 2011. The Economic Value of Beaver Ecosystem Services: Escalante River Basin, Utah, ECO Northwest, Eugene, OR, 65 pp. Available: http://www.econw.com/reports/ECONorthwest_Economic-Value-Beaver-Ecosystem-Services_2011.pdf. 
Expectation Management
  • Needham MD and Morzillo AT. 2011. Landowner incentives and tolerances for managing beaver impacts in Oregon. Final project report for Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) and Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB), Oregon State University, Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Corvallis, OR. Available at: http://www.dfw.state.or.us/wildlife/living_with/beaver.asp.


Relevant Links
Economic Evaluation

  • Valuing the Ecosystem Services Beavers Provide - From EcoNorthwest

Communicating about Charismatic Mega-fauna
  • Martinez Beavers
  • Lands Council Beaver Solution Project
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  • Home
    • Beaver News
  • About Workshops
    • Recommended Readings
    • Learning Outcomes
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    • USU Course Policies
  • Your Workshop
    • Upcoming & Current Workshops & Courses >
      • Open Erollment >
        • 2019 - Beaver Translocation
        • 2019 - USU WATS 6860 >
          • Course Materials
        • 2019 -Construction Workshop
      • Bespoke/Private >
        • 2019 SGI LTPBR
    • Past Workshops & Courses >
      • Open Enrollment >
        • 2011 - ICRRR Workshop
        • 2012 - ICRRR Workshop
        • 2017 - USU WATS 6860 >
          • Course Materials
        • 2018 - USU WATS 6860 >
          • Course Materials
        • 2018 -Construction Workhsop
      • Bespoke >
        • 2012 - UWCC Workshop
        • 2013 - RRNW Short Course
        • 2013 - NRCS Workshop
        • 2014 - Klamath Watershed Partnership /OWEB Workshop
        • 2015 - UDWR Workshop
        • 2015 - USFS Workshop
        • 2016 - SGI Workshop
        • 2018 - John Day Workshop
        • 2018 - NRCS, PF, SGI >
          • NRCS - Idaho >
            • Workshop Materials
          • NRCS - Utah >
            • Cedar City Workshop Materials
            • Logan Workshop Materials
          • NRCS - Wyoming >
            • Lander Workshop Materials
          • NRCS - Nevada >
            • Elko Workshop Materials
          • NRCS Specific Resources
  • Resources
    • Restoration Manual
    • Beaver Restoration Topics >
      • 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