Topic Results: Water Storage
Back to Currated List of TopicsBeaver-induced spatiotemporal patch dynamics affect landscape-level environmental heterogeneity
Study of flood dynamics created by American beaver (C. canadensis K.) in a southern boreal landscape in Finland in
1970–2018.
Beaver dams, hydrological thresholds, and controlled floods as a management tool in a desert riverine ecosystem, Bill Williams River, Arizona
Testing the hypothesis that controlled floods intended to drive the fluvial geomorphic and hydrologic processes necessary
for native tree recruitment will simultaneously destroy beaver dams.
Preston rancher restoring beaver to creek
Idaho rancher, Jay Wilde, and Joe Wheaton from Utah State University use BRAT, beaver restoration assessment tool, and identified good beaver habitat to help restore Birch Creek to year-round stream flow.
Beaver power provides year-long water to Idaho ranch
Idaho rancher, Jay Wilde, partnered with Anabranch Solutions to build BDAs, and the USFS and Idaho Fish & Game to relocate beavers into Birch Creek to help restore year-round stream flow.
Habitat engineering by beaver benefits aquatic biodiversity and ecosystem processes in agricultural streams
Dam building by beaver in degraded environments can improve physical and biological diversity
when viewed at a scale encompassing both modified and unmodified habitats.
Beaver dams: A free conservation practice for water quality enhancement?
Beaver activity (i.e., damming of streamflow) holds significant potential to impact water quality, specifically in-stream nutrient processing.
Beaver: Nature’s ecosystem engineers
This review summarizes how beaver impact ecosystem structure and geomorphology, hydrology and water resources, water quality, freshwater ecology, and humans and society.
Project: Hydrological Impact of Beaver Habitat Restoration in the Milwaukee River Watershed
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.
Euro-American Beaver Trapping and Its Long Term Impact on Drainage Network Form and Function, Water Abundance, Delivery, and System Stability
Research into how the removal of beavers affects drainage networks in Europe
An Innovative Solution to Water Storage and Increased Late Summer Flows in the Columbia River Basin
Study on how beavers effect water storage and drainage in Eastern Washington
Could beaver compete with a declining snowpack?
To estimate the extent to which beaver dam building activity could provide transient water storage with a decreased snowpack.
Ecology, management, and conservation implications of North American beaver (Castor canadensis) in dryland streams 2014
A review that suggests that beaver activity can create substantial benefits and costs for conservation
Impacts of beaver dams on hydrologic and temperature regimes in a mountain stream
This study quantifies the impacts of beaver on stream hydrologic and temperature regimes, and highlights the importance of understanding the spatial and temporal scales of those impacts
Influence of rainfall and beaver dams on upstream movement of spawning Atlantic salmon in a restored brook in Nova Scotia, Canada 2009
Study of how beaver dams and their effect on stream flow affect Atlantic Salmon
Qualitative and Quantitative Effects of Reintroduced Beavers on Stream Fish
Review of research about the positive and negative effects of beaver towards fish
A Critical Review of the Effects of Beavers Upon Fish and Fish Stocks
A review by the University of Southampton of how the reintroduction of beaver will affect fish in Scotalnd
Laws, regulations, and management plans to improve streamflow and stream temperature : a case study in the North Fork Burnt River Watershed
This project explored the effectiveness of a management plan on improving streamflow and stream temperature
Meta-analysis of environmental effects of beaver in relation to artificial dams
An analysis between the differences of beaver dams and artificial dams and their impacts on the wetlands they occupy
The Economic Value of Beaver Ecosystem Services Escalante River Basin, Utah 2001
In-depth report on how beaver could provide benefits to local residents and visitors well into the millions of dollars per year in Utah.
Smokey the Beaver: beaver-dammed riparian corridors stay green during wildfire throughout the western USA
Study of how beaver ponds make nearby vegetation more resilient towards wildfires