10 Data-Driven facts on Beavers, BDAs and Climate Change Mitigation
by Cooper Lienhart of the SLO Beaver Brigade
The California Process Based Restoration Network : A diverse collaborative of natural resource professionals with a shared mission to promote and advance process-based restoration approaches to increase the capacity of degraded river and stream ecosystems to retain water, support biodiversity, create fire resiliency, and adapt to climate change
Dr. Emily Fairfax and Chris E. Jordan’s latest research on Beavers and Climate Change:
Beaver: The North American freshwater climate action plan
Historic Range of Beavers in California
From the California Fish and Wildlife Journal 2013:
The historical range of beaver (Castor canadensis) in coastal California: an updated review of the evidence
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES: “The Economic Benefits of Beavers”
(Oregon 2020 study)
Originally created by Natural Resource Economics for a “Petition to Initiate Rulemaking to Amend OAR 635-050-0070 to Permanently Close Commercial and Recreational Beaver Trapping and Hunting on Federally-Managed Public Lands and the Waters that Flows Through These Lands” which was brought before the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission on September 24, 2020. On November 13, 2020, the Commission denied the Petitioners request to initiate rule making despite the multiple, scientifically economic and ecological benefits.
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Beaver in California: Creating a Culture of Stewardship
Beaver Restoration Guidebook by the US Fish & Wildlife Service
about allowing Beavers to restore streams and river habitat naturally.
This guidebook provides a practical synthesis of the best available science for using beavers to improve ecosystem functions, along with determining what criteria is needed to reintroduce beavers and relocation methods.
A treasure trove of up-to-date information on beavers:
https://www.martinezbeavers.org
The only scientific research about the beavers of the Salinas River
by Stuart Suplick, CalPoly State University, July 2019
Natural Resources Management and Environmental Sciences
Creating a Dependable Water Supply
(video, 5:41) with Kami Ellingson
USFS hydrologist Kami Ellingson discusses the important, natural role that beavers play in water storage. Excerpted from a Pavoreal Production made for the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission.
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