Check out the talks from BeaverCON 2022 on the Beaver Institute's YouTube channel. https://youtu.be/JvKqL7nv76c Learn about human-wildlife conflict and coexistence through a comparison between monkeys and beavers and their interactions with people. https://youtu.be/Dy3nmhODr24 Learn about developing and evaluating youth programs…
To dam or not to dam? The 'river beavers' in the incredible camera trap photographs below, from William MacFarland, live on the Anacostia River which flows from Maryland into Washington DC. They build lodges to live in but have no…
Materials list 14 gauge welded wire fencing, 4ft tall with 2x4in spacing wire cutters work gloves pliers landscape stakes/staples/pins (as long as you can find) measuring tape zip ties or hog rings & hog ring pliers Acquire your materials. Depending…
Read More Tree Protection : How to Protect Trees from Beaver Chewing
Ever wonder what beavers are up to during each of the four seasons? When we understand beaver life history and how their behaviors change throughout the year, we are more likely to coexist with them successfully! Beavers in Winter Beavers…
Beavers do not eat fish. Beavers are strictly herbivores, but they don’t eat only trees either! As ‘choosy generalists,’ their diet consists of many species (80+) of woody, herbaceous, and aquatic plants. Most people blame author C. S. Lewis for the…
Protecting individual trees from beaver chewing is a cheap, long-lasting, nonlethal, and effective coexistence strategy when done correctly. Avoid these common tree-wrapping mistakes so you don't duplicate effort or waste money on the wrong materials: Inappropriate fencing material- Beavers can…
Sometimes people discover chewed or felled trees, realize there are beavers living on their land, and assume there is a problem when there may not be. Just because you have beavers on your property doesn't mean there is a conflict!…
12/21/2021 Human-Beaver Coexistence Fund (HBCF) partnered with the Potomac Valley Audubon Society (PVAS) for an educational and productive volunteer afternoon to protect priority trees at Cool Spring Preserve from being felled by beavers. HBCF founder and former PVAS AmeriCorps volunteer,…
https://youtu.be/nx0ii20qfAY This presentation by Mike Callahan, president of the Beaver Institute, offers a quick overview of the four basic types of flow devices and how they work.
The changes beavers make to a landscape stick around long after the animals themselves have moved on. This can make it tricky for land owners and managers to determine if they have beavers active on the property or not. Here…
