Beaver Library

This study examined how temperature, precipitation and beaver (Castor canadensis) activity influenced the area of open water in wetlands over a 54-year period in the mixed-wood boreal region of east-central Alberta, Canada.

This study found that prescribed fires negatively affected beaver lodge occupancy, an effect compounded with frequent burns. Though prescribed fire is considered an important landscape restoration process, the frequency of prescribed burning should be mitigated to ensure that flooding by beavers can continue as a key process that maintains wetlands on the landscape.

This report shares the experiences and lessons learned regarding the use of beaver for restoration and climate change adaptation in a selection of American states: California, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.

A comprehensive study evaluating how restoring beaver dams could significantly protect the city of Milwaukee from future flood vents and the significant cost savings of this nature-based management approach versus traditional flood prevention engineering.

This landmark 20 year study compares traditional lethal beaver control versus nonlethal management methods in the town of Billerica, MA. A total of 55 beaver conflict sites were studied. Sites that were managed with nonlethal control methods cost taxpayers significantly less than sites that were managed with beaver removal, and provided millions of dollars of ecological services to the town annually that would have been lost with beaver removal.

This study by the Oregon DFW and the OWEB used surveys to examine OR residents opinions about beavers.

Mitigating human/beaver conflicts in urban and suburban environments.

Using beavers as part of national forest management.

This publication, guided by the inseparable nature of streams and riparian ecosystems, emphasizes the interrelationships and continuity of riparian areas along with dependent wildlife and human services.

Summary of the benefits of beavers, their conflicts with humans, and the policies and conditions that affect their survival

How a New Hampshire town saved thousands of dollars on road? ? maintenance costs and made peace with its beavers

A cost analysis of beaver trapping versus nonlethal flow device use by the Virginia Dept. of Transportation

The latest euthanasia guidelines from the American Veterinary Medical Association.

New Hampshire Fish and Game Department updated regulations regarding beavers. 2016.

The most sustainable, long-term solutions to beaver-human conflicts happen to be non-lethal practices.

This research project assessed the efficacy of pond levelling devices to mitigate flooding by beavers in Beaver County, Alberta.

This paper examines how to anticipate the implications of beaver reintroduction in the design of wetlands and urban natural areas. Three case studies in Seattle, WA, are presented to identify various approaches, successes, and management strategies.