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Artificial Beaver Dams

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Releasing Beaver on the Fall River in Idaho, 5-Miles from Yellowstone Park

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Releasing Beaver on the Fall River in Idaho, 5-Miles from Yellowstone Park

This video of Pitchstone Waters’ second beaver release during the summer of 2020 contains excellent remarks by staff of the Idaho Fish and Game Department. Releasing Beaver on the Fall River in Idaho, near Yellowstone Park from Christopher Gill on Vimeo. NOTE: this video was originally published to this site

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Artificial Beaver Dams Are Catching on in Idaho

How and why to build artificial beaver dams. Any property with small streams should consider these. The authors say, “We visited two very different streams in Idaho to learn how beaver dam-like structures can help store water, slow down runoff, enhance the riparian area and improve fish and wildlife habitat.

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Releasing Beavers in Idaho

Fifth in a series about reintroducing beaver on the Fall River in Idaho, 5-miles Southwest of Yellowstone National Park. NOTE: this post was originally published to this site on June 15, 2020

It Was War. Then, a Rancher’s Truce With Some Pesky Beavers Paid Off

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It Was War. Then, a Rancher’s Truce With Some Pesky Beavers Paid Off

The article below has an excellent discussion of the growing recognition that beavers are an essential part of habitat restoration. Quoting one expert, “It may seem trite to say that beavers are a key part of a national climate action plan, but the reality is that they are a force

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Pitchstone Waters Artificial Beaver Dams #1

Pitchstone Waters Artificial Beaver Dams #1 from Christopher Gill on Vimeo. Restoring an abandoned beaver dam in an Idaho forest near Yellowstone Park. NOTE: this video was originally published to this site on September 23, 2019

Pitchstone Waters Beaver Report

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Pitchstone Waters Beaver Report

“As reported below, we successfully released beaver at Pitchstone Waters in the summer of 2020. We will see if and where they show up this spring, 2021.

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Pitchstone Waters Artificial Beaver Dams #3

Building artificial beaver ponds in an Idaho forest. This is the third in a series. Pitchstone Waters Artificial Beaver Dams #3 from Christopher Gill on Vimeo.

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Pitchstone Waters Artificial Beaver Dams #2

Restoring an abandoned beaver meadow in an Idaho forest near Yellowstone Park. Second of a series. Pitchstone Waters Artificial Beaver Dams #2 from Christopher Gill on Vimeo.

Artificial Beaver Dams – A Visual Tour of Triple Creek

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Artificial Beaver Dams - A Visual Tour of Triple Creek

Triple Creek Restoration on Myers Creek, near Chesaw, Washington. The video producers report, “Mimicking beaver dams, we installed vertical wood posts as a foundation and then weaved together dogwood, willow, and maple to create artificial (analog) beaver dams. The purpose was to help raise an eroded stream bed and reconnect

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Using Artificial Beaver Dams to Restore Incised Streams

The problems of eroded streams and valleys, and decreased river flows, exist across the Desert Southwest. They can be addressed with the same practices described below. NOTE: this document below is from the Northwest Climate Hub – U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

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In Far-West Texas, an Artificial Beaver Dam Repairs a Desert Gully - and Reverses Erosion

Artificial beaver dams are a recent addition to the desert restoration toolbox. Where trees have disappeared along stream-sides, beavers lack materials to build dams that can survive flood surges. But, if restoration managers provide a superstructure of deeply sunk vertical posts, then cane, brush and grass can be placed within