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  1. News From The Beaver Trust
    "The first beaver kits in 400 years have been born in world-famous Glen Affric in the Scottish Highlands, as part of a successful reintroduction project by rewilding charity Trees for Life and government agency Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS)."
    beavertrust.org/first-baby-bea

    #SolarPunkSunday #Beavers #ReWilding #BioDiversity #Flooding #WildLife #Scotland #Nature #FloodManagement #BeaverTrust #HighLands

  2. News From The Beaver Trust
    "The first beaver kits in 400 years have been born in world-famous Glen Affric in the Scottish Highlands, as part of a successful reintroduction project by rewilding charity Trees for Life and government agency Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS)."
    beavertrust.org/first-baby-bea

    #SolarPunkSunday #Beavers #ReWilding #BioDiversity #Flooding #WildLife #Scotland #Nature #FloodManagement #BeaverTrust #HighLands

  3. News From The Beaver Trust
    "The first beaver kits in 400 years have been born in world-famous Glen Affric in the Scottish Highlands, as part of a successful reintroduction project by rewilding charity Trees for Life and government agency Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS)."
    beavertrust.org/first-baby-bea

    #SolarPunkSunday #Beavers #ReWilding #BioDiversity #Flooding #WildLife #Scotland #Nature #FloodManagement #BeaverTrust #HighLands

  4. News From The Beaver Trust
    "The first beaver kits in 400 years have been born in world-famous Glen Affric in the Scottish Highlands, as part of a successful reintroduction project by rewilding charity Trees for Life and government agency Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS)."
    beavertrust.org/first-baby-bea

    #SolarPunkSunday #Beavers #ReWilding #BioDiversity #Flooding #WildLife #Scotland #Nature #FloodManagement #BeaverTrust #HighLands

  5. News From The Beaver Trust
    "The first beaver kits in 400 years have been born in world-famous Glen Affric in the Scottish Highlands, as part of a successful reintroduction project by rewilding charity Trees for Life and government agency Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS)."
    beavertrust.org/first-baby-bea

    #SolarPunkSunday #Beavers #ReWilding #BioDiversity #Flooding #WildLife #Scotland #Nature #FloodManagement #BeaverTrust #HighLands

  6. Busy Beavers - The Turbidity Signature Of Ecosystem Engineers At Work
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    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

  7. Busy Beavers - The Turbidity Signature Of Ecosystem Engineers At Work
    --
    doi.org/10.1002/hyp.70661 <-- shared paper
    --
    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

  8. Busy Beavers - The Turbidity Signature Of Ecosystem Engineers At Work
    --
    doi.org/10.1002/hyp.70661 <-- shared paper
    --
    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

  9. Busy Beavers - The Turbidity Signature Of Ecosystem Engineers At Work
    --
    doi.org/10.1002/hyp.70661 <-- shared paper
    --
    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

  10. Busy Beavers - The Turbidity Signature Of Ecosystem Engineers At Work
    --
    doi.org/10.1002/hyp.70661 <-- shared paper
    --
    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…"

  11. Cornwall Wildlife Trust Beaver Project
    "The Cornwall Beaver Project runs bookable weekly beaver walks from spring through to autumn. Visitors can see the beaver dams in daylight then sit until dusk to try and glimpse the animals as they emerge."
    cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/e

    #SolarPunkSunday #Beavers #Nature #BioDiversity #BeaversForBioDiversity #WildLifeTrusts #ReWilding #Flooding #Nature #FloodManagement #Cornwall #CornwallWildLifeTrust #NaturalFloodManagement

  12. Cornwall Wildlife Trust Beaver Project
    "The Cornwall Beaver Project runs bookable weekly beaver walks from spring through to autumn. Visitors can see the beaver dams in daylight then sit until dusk to try and glimpse the animals as they emerge."
    cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/e

    #SolarPunkSunday #Beavers #Nature #BioDiversity #BeaversForBioDiversity #WildLifeTrusts #ReWilding #Flooding #Nature #FloodManagement #Cornwall #CornwallWildLifeTrust #NaturalFloodManagement

  13. Cornwall Wildlife Trust Beaver Project
    "The Cornwall Beaver Project runs bookable weekly beaver walks from spring through to autumn. Visitors can see the beaver dams in daylight then sit until dusk to try and glimpse the animals as they emerge."
    cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/e

    #SolarPunkSunday #Beavers #Nature #BioDiversity #BeaversForBioDiversity #WildLifeTrusts #ReWilding #Flooding #Nature #FloodManagement #Cornwall #CornwallWildLifeTrust #NaturalFloodManagement

  14. Cornwall Wildlife Trust Beaver Project
    "The Cornwall Beaver Project runs bookable weekly beaver walks from spring through to autumn. Visitors can see the beaver dams in daylight then sit until dusk to try and glimpse the animals as they emerge."
    cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/e

    #SolarPunkSunday #Beavers #Nature #BioDiversity #BeaversForBioDiversity #WildLifeTrusts #ReWilding #Flooding #Nature #FloodManagement #Cornwall #CornwallWildLifeTrust #NaturalFloodManagement

  15. Cornwall Wildlife Trust Beaver Project
    "The Cornwall Beaver Project runs bookable weekly beaver walks from spring through to autumn. Visitors can see the beaver dams in daylight then sit until dusk to try and glimpse the animals as they emerge."
    cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/e

    #SolarPunkSunday #Beavers #Nature #BioDiversity #BeaversForBioDiversity #WildLifeTrusts #ReWilding #Flooding #Nature #FloodManagement #Cornwall #CornwallWildLifeTrust #NaturalFloodManagement

  16. Scottish Wild Beaver Group
    "With their tree cutting and dam building abilities they transform
    landscapes in ways which are hugely beneficial to nature, and for
    our rivers for flood and drought mitigation along with water
    purification."
    scottishwildbeavers.org.uk/

    #SolarPunkSunday #Beavers #Nature #BioDiversity #BeaversForBioDiversity #WildLife #ReWilding #Flooding #FloodManagement #Nature #Scotland #ScottishWildBeaverGroup #NaturalFloodManagement

  17. Scottish Wild Beaver Group
    "With their tree cutting and dam building abilities they transform
    landscapes in ways which are hugely beneficial to nature, and for
    our rivers for flood and drought mitigation along with water
    purification."
    scottishwildbeavers.org.uk/

    #SolarPunkSunday #Beavers #Nature #BioDiversity #BeaversForBioDiversity #WildLife #ReWilding #Flooding #FloodManagement #Nature #Scotland #ScottishWildBeaverGroup #NaturalFloodManagement

  18. Scottish Wild Beaver Group
    "With their tree cutting and dam building abilities they transform
    landscapes in ways which are hugely beneficial to nature, and for
    our rivers for flood and drought mitigation along with water
    purification."
    scottishwildbeavers.org.uk/

    #SolarPunkSunday #Beavers #Nature #BioDiversity #BeaversForBioDiversity #WildLife #ReWilding #Flooding #FloodManagement #Nature #Scotland #ScottishWildBeaverGroup #NaturalFloodManagement

  19. Scottish Wild Beaver Group
    "With their tree cutting and dam building abilities they transform
    landscapes in ways which are hugely beneficial to nature, and for
    our rivers for flood and drought mitigation along with water
    purification."
    scottishwildbeavers.org.uk/

    #SolarPunkSunday #Beavers #Nature #BioDiversity #BeaversForBioDiversity #WildLife #ReWilding #Flooding #FloodManagement #Nature #Scotland #ScottishWildBeaverGroup #NaturalFloodManagement

  20. Scottish Wild Beaver Group
    "With their tree cutting and dam building abilities they transform
    landscapes in ways which are hugely beneficial to nature, and for
    our rivers for flood and drought mitigation along with water
    purification."
    scottishwildbeavers.org.uk/

    #SolarPunkSunday #Beavers #Nature #BioDiversity #BeaversForBioDiversity #WildLife #ReWilding #Flooding #FloodManagement #Nature #Scotland #ScottishWildBeaverGroup #NaturalFloodManagement