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 […]
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All posts tagged: artificial beaver dams
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 […]
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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.
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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.
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Pitchstone Waters Artificial Beaver Dams #1
Restoring an abandoned beaver dam in an Idaho forest near Yellowstone Park. Pitchstone Waters Artificial Beaver Dams #1 from Christopher Gill on Vimeo.
Read moreArtificial 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 […]
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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.
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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 […]
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