Topic Results: Beaver Basics
Back to Currated List of TopicsBeavers and Conservation in Oregon Coastal Watersheds
Summary of the benefits of beavers, their conflicts with humans, and the policies and conditions that affect their survival
The Engineering in Beaver Dams
Review of beaver dam construction and how their technology may allow to create novel, nature based solutions for ecosystem redevelopment and river renaturalisation.
Beaver Benefits Info Sheet
Educational handout on the benefits of beaver ponds. Permission to distribute.
Beaver Benefits and Controlling Impacts
Educational article on the value of beavers by the Habitat Program supporting fish habitat conservation and restoration across Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, and Idaho. Includes video and other helpful links.
Beaver Habits and Culture USDA 1927
A fascinating, in-depth review of beaver history, biology, effects on fish and early attempts at nonlethal beaver-human conflict resolution.
A Historical Trial on Beavers and Erosion 1939 Oregon Supreme Court
A story told by Paul Schaffer of an Oregon Supreme court case in 1939.