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

Beavers: nature’s ecosystem engineers, shown in a new light | One Earth

Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America by Leila Philip examines how beavers play an essential role in history and humanity’s future.

One Earth

#BeaverCON and Scott McGill made it into this documentary segment about #beavers in #Maryland!

https://video.mpt.tv/video/episode-3405-gsfd9e

Outdoors Maryland | Season 34 | Episode 3405 | MPT

Discovering Maryland’s stretch of Appalachian Trail; learning to live with beavers.

MPT Video
@pgavin Yes, I saw that! I met Sarah and Jakob at #BeaverCON 2022.

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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@greenaspen Hi! An HOA is a homeowner’s association. I have been following the #Scotland #beavers. And saw a presentation on the #Wales beavers at #BeaverCON 2022.

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.

Alison Zak - Understanding Human-Beaver Interactions w/in the Larger Context

YouTube

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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@hydropsyche @douglasvb Going to #Beavercon 2022 was a little surreal as well--first event I had attended since the pandemic began. And I had to fly straight from Baltimore to Vermont for my niece's bat mitzvah, so I had two suitcases--one full of flannel and beaver t-shirts, and one with synagogue clothing!
#Beaver advocate Mike Callahan founded the nonprofit Beaver Institute: https://www.beaverinstitute.org. In addition to co-founding #BeaverCON, Mike offers a training program for how to design and install flow devices to resolve beaver conflicts. And this year the Beaver Institute launched a series of National Beaver Working Groups on such subjects as policy, funding, communications, education, and conflict resolution. This will allow beaver advocates across the country to work together.
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