Empowering Humans: Resources for Living with Beavers
Learn about beaver coexistence and beaver-based restoration techniques, share them with others
These digital resources are a gift to the world and free to use in service of beavers.
If you’d like a set of hard-copies, you can take these files to your local print shop. Alternatively, if you donate $500 or more to this program and request hardcopies in the donor commentand we will mail you a set as a thank you gift.
Beaver Coexistence 101
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Pond Levelers
Beaver ponds are hot spots for fish and wildlife habitat, but sometimes there can be too much of a good…
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Culvert Protection Systems
From a beaver’s perspective, a culvert is basically hole in an otherwise almost perfect dam, so it is understandable they…
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Protecting Trees from Beavers
To protect specific trees from being felled, there are two preferred methods. The first option is to build a cage…
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Protecting Crops from Beavers
Beavers provide many ecological benefits but can be frustrating for landowners if they start feeding on nearby crops. Crop protection…
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Get to Know Your Beaver Neighbors
Beavers moving into an area is a sure sign that the health of the land is improving—and it’s about to…
Beaver-based Restoration 101
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Low-tech process-based restoration to repair damage from beavers
Beavers have been influencing waterways for so long that healthy ecosystems have become reliant on their presence. Human activities such…
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Planting to Attract Beavers
Beavers will not stay in areas that do not have enough food to sustain them. Planting willow stakes is the…
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Live Trap and Relocate Beavers
Relocating beavers from one place to another has captivated the imaginations of humans for generations. Beavers often choose to set…
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Why don’t I have beavers?
Beavers are accomplished at finding beaver habitat. They search by swimming up and down networked rivers and creeks, and will…
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Competition Browsing in Beaver Habitat
Beaver habitats on grazed lands can increase water storage, forage and provide refuge to animals during wildfires. Because of these…
Beaver Best Management Practices
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Best Management Practices for Tree and Crop Protection
Best Management Practices for Tree and Crop Protection: A guide to for using fencing to coexist with beavers This document…
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Best Management Practices for Pond Levelers and Culvert Protection Systems
Best Management Practices for Pond Levelers and Culvert Protection Systems: A guide to for using flow devices to coexist with…