Biohabitats is a American conservation planning and ecological business with about 75 employees operating out of Maryland. They have regional teams all across the US and release a quarterly newsletter called “Leaf litter“. Yesterday the newest issue was send to me by Michael Pollock which is entirely focused on beavers. I’m reprinting their first page here in full so you can see how much information this covers.
Read through the stories and click on the links to follow through to their feature. It’s a meaty issue and there is lots to keep you busy and informed. There is a brief link to this website in the resource section, but I still personally can’t decide whether it’s wonderful not to be mentioned at all or slightly annoying. I’m going to pick wonderful because it means the beaver message has so saturated the nation that they don’t require our voices anymore.
(Although they sure could have used our photos, rather then these tired old tropes which we’ve seen a million times!)
In This Issue
In building dams, beaver naturally achieve many of the goals we strive to accomplish in our conservation and ecological restoration work. Could this animal be one of our most powerful partners?
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When it comes to beaver as a tool for restoration, this guy wrote the book on it. Literally. Meet one of the principal authors of the Beaver Restoration Guidebook.
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This Ph.D. student is part of an interdisciplinary team of researchers that is providing important information and a bit of a reality check for those interested in beaver-related restoration.
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A restoration practitioner, a grape grower, a non-profit director, a rancher, an academic, and a regional government scientist share the rewards and challenges of working and coexisting with beaver.
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For those unfamiliar with this furry, ecological engineer, we provide some simple facts about its appearance, distribution, and ecological impact. [Read more]
Jessica Hardesty Norris shines our Non-Profit Spotlight on the Devon Wildlife Trust, the organization behind England’s first wild beaver re-introduction project.
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Joe Berg reviews author Frances Backhouse’s fascinating exploration of humanity’s evolving relationship with the beaver.
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How Do You Think Like A Beaver?
When using beaver as a tool for restoration, it can be helpful to try to think like a beaver.
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Explore a list of beaver-related resources.
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We share some of our own experiences partnering with beaver in ecological restoration. We’ll also reveal some exciting news, introduce our newest team member, and let you know where to find our team members in the coming weeks.
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