Last summer I was asked if i had any ideas on how to improve analog beaver dams built as a stream enhancement project. Analog dams are human built, these weren't functioning as well as they could and blowing out. (We implemented some beaver like improvements to the dams which are holding up better) I got kind of addicted to watching youtubes of beavers building dams.
This rescued baby beaver knows exactly what to do.
#beavers #BeaverDams #WatershedRestoration #InstreamStructures #BeaverDamAnalogs #bdas

https://youtu.be/gdwDeJpweiU

Hello #Montana!!!

“Montanans are working to alleviate the impact of the region’s climate-fueled drought by building faux beaver dams, and they’re hoping to attract beavers back to the region in the process, Yale Climate Connections reports. European colonizers wiped out local beaver populations. Now, the Big Hole Watershed Committee is building replica beaver dams to slow runoff-fed streams and hold moisture in the soil.”

https://cleantechnica.com/2023/01/24/beaver-dams-could-help-alleviate-drought/

#beavers #watersheds #ecosystems #BDAs #riverrestoration