Yesterday three new beavers were brought to Argyll Scotland to keep the beaver genes running strong there. I heard from Sharon Brown years ago that one of the things beavers appreciate even in captivity is the ability to chose a mate, rather than having one trust upon them. Since they mate for life I believe it! Who doesn’t like to choose these things for themselves?
Scottish Wildlife Trust with Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS).
Thanks to your support we’ve been able to reinforce the population of wild beavers in Knapdale Forest. Three more animals were released into the forest this autumn and are settling in well. Further releases will take place in the spring. We’re hoping that these new residents will find mates among the existing population.
Good luck little flagship beavers! I used to help my father in the garden all the time and insisted as a very young child on planting new things with the silly and self-generated blessing, “Now grow nice and good in your new little home”. Seems appropriate here, doncha’ think?
Sorry about the late notice, but this was just forwarded to me last night. It’s lovely to see USFWS getting excited about beaver dams. If you have timeyou should check this out.
Partnering with Beaver to Restore Fish & Wildlife Habitat
Tuesday, December 5, 2017 10:00:00 AM PST – 11:30:00 AM PST
Beaver dam analogs (BDAs) have been shown to be a useful restoration tool to serve some of the functions that natural beaver dams perform, encourage and assist beaver dam building, and improve and create habitat for fish and wildlife (Pollock et al. 2012, Pollock et al. 2014, Bouwes et al. 2016). The use of beaver dam analogs to aid in stream restoration has gained huge popularity in the past 5 years, in part, because of the per structure cost, their accessibility to restoration practitioners, and evidence of their benefits (Bouwes et al. 2016). How BDAs are constructed and what defines a BDA varies among different restoration practitioners as does the types of impairments that can be addressed by this approach. Thus, the need to provide further information on the effectiveness of these structures across the diversity of project types to inform future efforts. Use of adaptive management to maximize learning while achieving restoration benefits can help progress the science of this approach.
