Here’s a new article about beavers by Sarah Wertel of One Earth. I worked with Sarah on the #BeaverCON planning committee!
Beavers: nature’s ecosystem engineers, shown in a new light
“Did you know that beavers can play a critical role in solving the dual crises of biodiversity loss and climate change?”
https://www.oneearth.org/beavers-natures-ecosystem-engineers-shown-in-a-new-light/
#beavers #biodiversity #biodiversityloss #habitat #ClimateCrisis
#BeaverCON and Scott McGill made it into this documentary segment about #beavers in #Maryland!
THREAD: More thoughts about Leila Phillip's book #Beaverland. I made it to chapter 13, where Phillip meets up with Scott McGill at Long Green Creek within the #Chesapeake Bay #watershed. McGill owns an #environmental restoration company called Ecotone.
He is one of the founders and sponsors of #BeaverCON and I attended many a zoom with him while serving on the planning committee for the 2022 conference.
#beavers #beaverrestoration #ecosystems
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And I wrote a couple of successful grant applications on behalf of a #watershed group to a county #stormwater management commission to install flow devices to manage #beaver conflicts nonlethally.
And my nonprofit joined the Illinois Environmental Council.
And I commented on the draft #Illinois Water Plan.
And I created a 12-page brochure about #beavers specific to Illinois issues.
And I served on the planning committee for #BeaverCON 2022.
As one does...
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You can check out Alison’s #BeaverCON 2022 presentation here: https://youtu.be/JvKqL7nv76c
She and I worked on the planning committee together, and she is a font of information about curricula for teaching kids about #beavers.
I first heard about Bob Boucher when I called Heidi Perryman of Worth a Dam asking for help saving my local #beavers. Heidi literally knows everyone and everything associated with the beaver world and knew that Milwaukee and Chicago are neighbors. Then I was invited to a zoom presentation Bob was giving a Lake County watershed group about his study. And of course I met him at #BeaverCON 2022, of which the Superior Bio-Conservancy was a sponsor.
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Rachel Siegel
