You’re probably thinking, “It’s not enough!”

“Two half days of talking about beaver benefits! I need more! How can I have more?”  Well you’re in luck because there’s another show in time right after ours. This one is aimed at our forest professionals. It’s pricey and shorter, but looks fun anyway.

 

 

Symposium Description: 

Beavers provide a wide range of ecological benefits, including wildlife habitat creation, pollution filtration, and the attenuation of both drought and flooding. In recent years, researchers have begun to explore another crucial beaver service: wildfire mitigation and post-fire recovery. A growing body of evidence suggests that beaver-created ponds and wetlands offer fire refugia and even fire breaks, and aid the recovery of post-fire landscapes by capturing debris and aggrading incised stream channels. In this Earth Day symposium, hear from experts from the Northern California Prescribed Fire Council & University of California Cooperative Extension, California State University-Channel Islands, Utah State University, and the Methow Beaver Project. Learn about research, insights, and management recommendations. Participants will develop a greater understanding of how these two keystone ecological processes, beavers and fire, interact on North American landscapes.

Basically the same speakers for the heft price tag of 49 dollars for non members but I guess their heart is in the right place. Ours will be better. Mark my words.