#beaverdam — Public Fediverse posts

Busy Beavers - The Turbidity Signature Of Ecosystem Engineers At Work
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https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.70661 <-- shared paper
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H/T @alan Puttock
“Beavers are the quintessential ecosystem engineers. In slow-flowing streams, they create complex wetlands with ponds by building dams and canals that can positively impact biodiversity, hydrology and water quality. These activities can interchangeably capture or release sediment along the watercourse. To date this has not been quantified at the resolution of rainfall events or beaver activity. This study used 15-min frequency, sustained monitoring upstream and downstream of a newly establishing beaver wetland to measure episodic changes in water turbidity at an event resolution. Monitoring showed no significant differences between upstream and downstream turbidity over 160 days when the first pair of beavers, known not to be building dams or canals, were resident. Shortly after introduction of another beaver pair, however, dam building, burrows and canal excavations were quickly observed, resulting in the creation of a complex beaver wetland between 2021 and 2024. Monitoring over 375 days during this period showed significant differences. Downstream turbidity was significantly higher overall than upstream: 13.1 Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTU) compared to 4.2 NTU. Stochastic spikes in downstream turbidity during the study period not recorded upstream were associated with dam building and burrowing. Overall, there was no significant difference in turbidity loads, which was at least partially explained by a reduction in discharge downstream, particularly in higher flows, during the dam building period. This demonstrates a complex system with the trapping of influent sediment, the storing of water and the periodic release of beaver wetland sediment leading to net balance in loads. These results help provide context for other studies which have used temporally discrete sampling campaigns rather than continuous high-frequency monitoring. They provide a unique insight into the downstream impacts of a rapidly developing beaver wetland over its first three and a half years in a landscape that hasn't had beavers for over 400 years…"
#hydromorphic #water #hydrology #dam #beaverdam #waterquality #biodiversity #ecology #benefits #NatureBasedSolutions #Wetlands #Ecology #Biodiversity #EnvironmentalScience #Wildlife #Ecosystem #bioviversity #conservation #restoration #landscaperecovery #floodmanagement #FloodMitigation #flooding #energy #floodrisk #sustainability #wetlands #hydrography #dams #impoundment #deadwood #waterresources #landscapeengineer #benefits #vegetation #ecology #ecosystem #riversystemsstabilisation #naturalwaterregulation #resilience #valleysreborn #fisheries #invertebrates #extremeweather #floodflows #sediment #baseflow #drought #landmanagement #naturalsystems #landuse #monitoring #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal

A photo I took a few years ago of what is now the #BrandyBrowForest and #BeaverDam!

#SolarPunkSunday #LandConservation #LandTrust #ConservedLand #Massachusetts #SpendTimeInNature #SpendTimeOutdoors

So, I spent a LOT of my childhood playing in a "swamp" -- wetlands and woods near my childhood home, which included a #BeaverDam. Part of the area was an abandoned quarry and sandpit owned by Brock Industries. Once the quarry was posted, the area was able to return to its wild state. I was pleased to find out that the area was sold to a #LandTrust, and the old entrance to the sandpit is now the trailhead for the #BrandyBrowForest! I'm hoping something similar can happen with a local sandpit near conservation lands here in Southern Maine. I'm working on it!

Let’s Hike Haverhill - Brandy Brow Forest - Myron's Road Trailhead

"Using funds from the Drinking Water Supply Protection Program, in 2025 the city purchased and protected 41-acres as part of the larger 600-acre Brandy Brow Forest. Shortly after the purchase, the Myron's Rd Trailhead was created.

City of Haverhill DPW Director Bob Ward will guide us through this vast area where the trails are mostly flat. We'll visit a 5-foot tall beaver dam along the way! "

Opening day was this past May, 2026!
https://www.ecga.org/event/lets-hike-haverhill-brandy-brow-forest-myrons-road-trailhead

FMI [still in-progress]:
https://www.haverhillma.gov/parks-recreation-culture/parks-trails-and-conservation-areas/conservation-areas/brandy-brow-forest/

#SolarPunkSunday #ConservedLand #Massachusetts #NorthShoreMassachusetts #BeaverDams #ConserveNature #LandConservation #LandTrust #SpendTimeInNature #SpendTimeOutdoors

Eager Beavers - Rodents Engineer Czech Wetland Project After Years Of Human Delay [ecosystem engineers]
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/11/beavers-save-czech-taxpayers-by-flooding-ex-army-training-site <-- shared technical media article
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver-engineered_dam_in_the_Czech_Republic <-- shared wiki technical page
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https://phys.org/news/2025-02-fine-beavers-czech-treasury-million.html <-- shared technical article
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https://youtu.be/GSTw8qmBP4Y?si=XK2Iy2pAltW91flj <-- shared video (Czech)
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H/T @ScienceGirl
"We don't expect any conflict with the beaver in the next 10 years," ~ Bohumil Fiser from the Czech Nature Conservation Agency
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“For seven years, planners struggled to complete a $1.2 million wetland restoration project in the Brdy region of the Czech Republic. The goal was to build a dam that would improve water management and bring back valuable wetland habitat, but the project remained trapped in a maze of permits and approvals.
Then a family of eight Eurasian beavers did what engineers had planned… without permits, machinery, or a budget.
The beavers built a network of dams in almost the exact area chosen for the proposed project, naturally restoring the wetland system officials had spent years trying to create. After seeing the results, authorities decided there was little point continuing with the original human-built dam.
Although some reports suggested the beavers completed the work overnight, experts say their construction likely took several weeks. The reason it seemed sudden is that the animals quietly worked away until their finished dams became impossible to miss.
Beavers are known as “ecosystem engineers” because their behaviour can reshape entire environments. By cutting trees and blocking streams, they create ponds and wetlands that support countless species, including fish, amphibians, insects, birds, and mammals.
Their wetlands also act as natural water reservoirs, helping during droughts, reducing flood risks, filtering water, storing carbon, and keeping landscapes wetter during wildfires…
Once heavily hunted across Europe, beaver populations have been recovering thanks to conservation efforts, proving that sometimes nature can solve problems humans spend years trying to fix…"
#water #hydrology #KlabavaRiver #Czech #BrdyRegion #protected #CzechRepublic #armytraining #military #beaver #Eurasianbeavers #dam #beaverdam #waterquality #restoration #biodiversity #crayfish #wetland #ecology #benefits #Beavers #NatureBasedSolutions #Wetlands #Ecology #Biodiversity #Agroforestry #EnvironmentalScience #Conservation #Wildlife #Ecosystem #bioviversity #conservation #restoration #landscaperecovery #EcosystemEngineers #nature #floodmanagement #FloodMitigation #flood #flooding #energy #floodrisk #sustainability #wetlands #hydrography #dams #impoundment #deadwood #waterresources #landscapeengineer #agriculture #benefits #vegetation #ecology #ecosystem #riversystemsstabilisation #naturalwaterregulation #resilience #drought #wildfire #valleysreborn #slowdetermination #fisheries #invertebrates #extremeweather #floodflows #sediment #baseflow #drought #landmanagement #naturalsystems #landuse #ecosystemengineers #watermanagement

#AlgonquinPark #BeaverDam #JPegsFolder

Master Gardeners To Host Small Home Fruit Orchards Program https://www.allforgardening.com/1835871/master-gardeners-to-host-small-home-fruit-orchards-program/ #agriculture #BeaverDam #CommunityEvents #DodgeCounty #education #garden #gardening #MasterGardeners

What Can Humans Learn From Beavers When It Comes To Drought-Proofing The Landscape?
(A collaborative working in Rocky Mountain National Parks [Colorado] shares the ways its work in the Kawuneeche Valley could help in bad droughts like this year.)
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https://www.summitdaily.com/news/rocky-mountain-national-park-kawuneeche-valley-beavers-drought/ <-- shared technical media article
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https://www.skyhinews.com/news/field-of-dreams-restoring-rocky-mountain-national-parks-kawuneeche-valley-2/ <-- shared technical article
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#water #hydrology #ecosystem #habitat #restoration #sustainability #drought #extremeweather #beaver #keystonespecies #balance #willow #wetland #marsh #beaverdam #RMNP #RockyMountainNationalPark #Colorado #Kawuneeche #diversity #watermanagement #waterresources #reservoir #vegetation #droughtresilience #waterquality #humanimpacts #grassland #KawuneecheValleyRestorationCollaborative #river #naturalprocesses #riparian #watermanagement #ecosystemresilience #watertable #groundwater #zombiewillows #beaverdammimicry #engineering #fencing #herbivores #wildfire #firebreak
National Park Service | Northern Water | Colorado State University | TOWN OF GRAND LAKE | USDA Forest Service | The Nature Conservancy | @American Rivers

Beavers were brought to the desert to save a dying river. Six years later, here are the results.

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/beavers-refreshed-utah-desert-ex1/

Hype for the Future 208BDW: City of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/05/27/hype-for-the-future-208bdw-city-of-beaver-dam-wisconsin/

Here's a picture from a few days ago (not mine, used by permission). I'll have to find some relatively recent pictures I took before the dam was destroyed.

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#Polesia #wetlands #beavers #beaverdam #drought

Beavers were brought to the desert to save a dying river. 6 years later, here are the results.

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/beavers-brought-to-the-desert-to-save-a-dying-river-6-years-later-here-are-the-results-ex1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beavers-brought-to-the-desert-to-save-a-dying-river-6-years-later-here-are-the-results-ex1

BBC Films Yellowstone Beaver Felling Trees and Making a Dam for Winter https://petapixel.com/2026/02/23/bbc-films-yellowstone-beaver-felling-trees-and-making-a-dam-for-winter/ #yellowstonenationalpark #wildlifedocumentary #yellowstone #beaverdam #Features #beaver #nature #winter #fall

Hype for the Future 102A: Ohio County, Kentucky

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/02/10/hype-for-the-future-102a-ohio-county-kentucky/

#protest in #beaverdam today at noon. Meet between chamber of commerce and historical society. Shoe solidarity with Minnesota to push #iceout.

Beavers Were Brought To The [Utah] Desert To Save A Dying River. Six Years Later, Here Are The Results.
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https://www.upworthy.com/beavers-refresh-utah-desert-ex1 <-- shared technical media article
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https://youtu.be/9-L___3vV9s?si=7H4JJ7sq_t76jw2L <-- shared media video
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https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2025/01/23/voices-federal-water-investments/ <-- shared local media article on the revitalization
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https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210713-the-beavers-returning-to-the-desert <-- shared international media article on the translocation
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H/T @upworthy
#water #hydrology #desert #Utah #PriceRiver #SanRafaelRiver #restoration #ecosystem #river #waterresources #arid #wildlife #agricultrure #tourism #economics #ROI #costbenefit #humaninpacts #climatechange #overfarming #pollution #Colorado #ColoradoRiverBasin #drought #extremeweather #fluvial #pluvial #wildfire #risk #hazard #fisheries #beaver #translocation #landform #geomorphology #dam #dams #beaverdam #ponds #wetlands #natural #waterquality #reintroduction #keystonespecies #trophiccascade #recreation #fisheries #riparian #habitat #diversity #flow #engineering #fedscience

Beavers were brought to the desert to save a dying river. Six years later, here are the results.

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/beavers-refresh-utah-desert-ex1

Wake up Wisconsin! Judging by what Port Washington's Mayor had to say about their Data Center Project, I'm sure Beaver Dam's residents won't be actively listened to either.

https://www.wpr.org/news/meta-beaver-dam-data-center-campus

#Wisconsin #dataCenters #energy #lakes #water #ai #FolkifiedPoprageousness #BeaverDam #Meta

Another loop through the Ware River Watershed, and surrounding, following the Central Mass Railway.
#massachusetts #biketoot #biketooter #fall #mcrt #railtrail #gravelbike #grx #wareriverwatershed #beavers #beaverdam #wareriverrailtrail #gravelride
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A beaver dam in a swampy forest in southern Poland.
This year's spring in this area is very dry. Beavers know how important water management is.
April 2025

#Photography #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #Biodiversity #Forest #Woodland #Swamp #Beaver #Beaverdam #Spring #Poland #MarekJedra #Fotografia #Krajobraz #FotografiaKrajobrazowa #Bioroznorodnosc #Las #Puszcza #Bagno #Bobr #Tama #Wiosna #Polska

#ShortBreak #shorts #GoodNews #beavers #beaverdam #environment

Professor Beaver & Team know best! ❤️ 😃

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/h7aEJMW9J1g

Forest beaver dam and small waterfall.
March 2025.
#Photography #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #Biodiversity #Beaver #Beaverdam #Waterfall #Poland #MarekJedra #Fotografia #Krajobraz #FotografiaKrajobrazowa #Bioroznorodnosc #Bobr #Tama #Wodospad #Polska

Behold! The World’s Largest #BeaverDam

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/561923/behold-worlds-largest-beaver-dam

Behold! The World’s Largest #BeaverDam

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/561923/behold-worlds-largest-beaver-dam

@NatureMC @dan613 @FantasticalEconomics @nspugh In #CzechRepublic, beavers just built a dam that humans had planned on since 2018: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/beaver-dam-czech-republic +
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/11/beavers-save-czech-taxpayers-by-flooding-ex-army-training-site

#beaver #beaverdam #Brdy #beavers #nature #ecosystem

@CelloMomOnCars
I'm all for #scientist but the way we report science make it sound like scientist are the last to know stuff.

Mother nature has figured all this out millions of years ago. We do need to pay attention to #gaia.

How about; Scientist have figured out one of many roles that #beavers and #beaverDam play in our carefully balanced #ecoSystem.