Sunday I did a little research for my upcoming SARSAS talk by checking out the references listed in the salmon-steelhead summary of the 60-day notice of intent to sue issued to Wildlife Services by the Western Environmental Law Firm and the Center for Biological Diversity. It’s a wonderful rundown of the research and very broadly sourced but there was one reference in particular that caught my attention. Let’s see if you can guess why.
Hoffman, W. and F. Recht. 2013. Beavers and Conservation in Oregon Coastal Watersheds, available at https://www.martinezbeavers.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/final-Beavers-and-Conservation-in-Oregon-Coastal-Watersheds.pdf
Did you see it? That’s a reference in a legal document to a paper linking to THIS WEBSITE. Because that particular article wasn’t available anywhere else on the web, which describes this website very nicely, thanks. You know sometimes I wonder whether anyone actually reads this site and then I see our name appear in court! Back in 2013 I had just befriended one of the authors of the paper at the State of the Beaver Conference, so I asked if she could share her it.
Fran Recht works for the Habitat program for the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission which means they happen to be very interested in the habitat beavers create for fish. The habitat arm “is involved in programs on the West Coast that further habitat protection for anadromous, estuarine, and marine fish species. Program efforts are focused on watershed and estuarine conservation and restoration, work with regional science and policy bodies and marine debris and pollution abatement.”
Fran wrote yesterday saying they had just posted a new video and asking that we share it around. Over the years they have championed some wonderful stuff, like the landowner film in the right margin. This one is even better! She needn’t have asked me to pass it on, because it is outstanding and I couldn’t resist. Give yourself a wonderful wednesday and watch this all the way through.
