The Idaho Lewiston Tribune is boasting proudly that Ben Goldfarb will be speaking soon at the Fly-casters club about his book on beavers. Good for Idaho. Good for Ben and good for our friend Patricia Heekin from the Latah Soil and Water Conservation District for arranging it after I told her Ben was speaking on the other side of the state.

Writer to give talk on benefits of beavers

MOSCOW — Environmental journalist and author Ben Goldfarb will speak Nov. 13 at the Clearwater Fly Casters meeting here.

Goldfarb, of Spokane, the author of “Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter,” will present a talk called “Beavers: Their Landscapes, Our Future.” The talk will highlight how landscapes have changed over the centuries and how beavers can help fight drought, flooding, wildfire, biodiversity loss and even climate change.

The meeting will be held at the Best Western Plus University Inn at 1516 Pullman Road, in Moscow. A no- host bar social hour starts at 5:30 p.m., followed by a $16 buffet dinner at 6:30. Goldfarb will speak at 7:30.

That sounds excellent. Come on, can’t the beavers themselves buy the first round of drinks? These folks really need the motivation to come. There isn’t enough beer beer and scotch in the entire world to motivate the right people to hear a lecture on beavers.

Yesterday the Beaver Institute released the speakers list from the upcoming conference and WOWZA everyone of import will be there. Apparently Pollock and myself will be the only virtual presentations, everyone else will be there in person. And what a monumental line up founding fathers and mothers it will be!

Speakers for BeaverCon 2020

Dr. Alan Puttock University of Exeter Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom	Quantifying the Hydrological Impacts of Eurasian Beaver Reintroduction across Great Britain
Alexa Whipple and Kent Woodruff The Methow Beaver Project Washington, United States	The Methow Beaver Project – Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going in 2 Acts
Bob Boucher Milwaukee RiverKeeper Wisconsin, United States	Creating the “Superior Bio-Preserve” Modeling the Milwaukee River watershed to measure the potential flood mitigation benefits of beaver created wetlands to restore the natural hydrology and reduce flooding during high water events.
Chris Jordan NOAA/NMFS/Northwest Fisheries Science Center c/o US EPA Oregon, United States Carol Volk South Fork Research Inc. Washington, United States Joe Wheaton Utah State University Utah, United States Nick Bouwes Eco Logical Research Inc. Utah, United States	Temperature and hydrological impacts of beaver-based stream restoration: hypotheses, models and data and the way forward with low tech process based restoration.
Duncan Halley Norwegian Institute Research Trondheim, Norway	History of Beavers in Europe
Glynnis A. Hood University of Alberta Alberta, Canada	Plumbing for ecology: Can flow devices on beaver ponds reduce conflicts and costs?
Heidi Perryman Worth A Dam – Martinez Beavers California, United States	A Space for Beavers
Leonard Houston South Umpqua Rural Community Partnership – Beaver Advocacy Committee Oregon, United States	When the Beaver Calls Your Name: Managing Beaver in the Umpqua Basin
Rob Walton NOAA Fisheries, retired Oregon, United States	Beavers, Salmon, and the Beaver State
Roger Auster University of Exeter Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom	Unraveling Perceptions of Eurasian Beaver Reintroduction in Great Britain
Skip Lisle, M.S. Beaver Deceivers International Vermont, United States	The History of the Beaver Deceiver™
Alicia Leow-Dyke Wildlife Trusts Wales Powys, United Kingdom	The Story of Beavers in Wales
Frances Backhouse Frances Backhouse Maryland, United States	37 Million Years and Counting: A Brief History of Beavers
Grace Brush Johns Hopkins University Maryland, United States	A LAND TRANSFORMED: FROM BEAVERS TO DITCHES
Stanley Petrowski South Umpqua Rural Community Partnership Oregon, United States	The Case of the Missing Beaver
John Egan Beaver Solutions, LLC Massachusetts, United States	Managing Beaver Flooding Problems with Flow Devices

Unbeliveable. If you haven’t bought your tickets yet you better do it right away. This conference is going to knock folks socks off. Glynnis AND Frances Backhouse And Alan Puttock? Hand me some smelling salts and a handkerchief because I just became a beaver groupie. Don’t miss out on this first ever dynamic conference.

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