#landmanagement — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #landmanagement, aggregated by home.social.
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Land rights law change a 'regression', peak body says
By Tamsyn BuckleChanges to a law allowing the transfer of government land into Indigenous ownership have passed NSW parliament, creating a new barrier to land claims that peak bodies have described as a "regression."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-16/nsw-indigenous-land-claims-legislation-reaction/107158080
#IndigenousAustralians #LandRights #LandManagement #TamsynBuckle
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Land rights law change a 'regression', peak body says
By Tamsyn BuckleChanges to a law allowing the transfer of government land into Indigenous ownership have passed NSW parliament, creating a new barrier to land claims that peak bodies have described as a "regression."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-16/nsw-indigenous-land-claims-legislation-reaction/107158080
#IndigenousAustralians #LandRights #LandManagement #TamsynBuckle
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Land rights law change a 'regression', peak body says
By Tamsyn BuckleChanges to a law allowing the transfer of government land into Indigenous ownership have passed NSW parliament, creating a new barrier to land claims that peak bodies have described as a "regression."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-16/nsw-indigenous-land-claims-legislation-reaction/107158080
#IndigenousAustralians #LandRights #LandManagement #TamsynBuckle
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Land rights law change a 'regression', peak body says
By Tamsyn BuckleChanges to a law allowing the transfer of government land into Indigenous ownership have passed NSW parliament, creating a new barrier to land claims that peak bodies have described as a "regression."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-16/nsw-indigenous-land-claims-legislation-reaction/107158080
#IndigenousAustralians #LandRights #LandManagement #TamsynBuckle
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Land rights law change a 'regression', peak body says
By Tamsyn BuckleChanges to a law allowing the transfer of government land into Indigenous ownership have passed NSW parliament, creating a new barrier to land claims that peak bodies have described as a "regression."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-16/nsw-indigenous-land-claims-legislation-reaction/107158080
#IndigenousAustralians #LandRights #LandManagement #TamsynBuckle
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Land-clearing investigations to be reviewed after Hobart farmer protest
By Adam HolmesTasmania's forest practices regulator says it will review how it conducts investigations into suspected land-clearing breaches after a protest by farmers in Hobart.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-10/tasmania-farmer-protest-over-landclearing-fines/107136632
#Farmers #EnvironmentalManagement #AgriculturalandFarmingPractice #LandManagement #LandClearing #AdamHolmes
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Land-clearing investigations to be reviewed after Hobart farmer protest
By Adam HolmesTasmania's forest practices regulator says it will review how it conducts investigations into suspected land-clearing breaches after a protest by farmers in Hobart.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-10/tasmania-farmer-protest-over-landclearing-fines/107136632
#Farmers #EnvironmentalManagement #AgriculturalandFarmingPractice #LandManagement #LandClearing #AdamHolmes
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Land-clearing investigations to be reviewed after Hobart farmer protest
By Adam HolmesTasmania's forest practices regulator says it will review how it conducts investigations into suspected land-clearing breaches after a protest by farmers in Hobart.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-10/tasmania-farmer-protest-over-landclearing-fines/107136632
#Farmers #EnvironmentalManagement #AgriculturalandFarmingPractice #LandManagement #LandClearing #AdamHolmes
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Land-clearing investigations to be reviewed after Hobart farmer protest
By Adam HolmesTasmania's forest practices regulator says it will review how it conducts investigations into suspected land-clearing breaches after a protest by farmers in Hobart.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-10/tasmania-farmer-protest-over-landclearing-fines/107136632
#Farmers #EnvironmentalManagement #AgriculturalandFarmingPractice #LandManagement #LandClearing #AdamHolmes
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Land-clearing investigations to be reviewed after Hobart farmer protest
By Adam HolmesTasmania's forest practices regulator says it will review how it conducts investigations into suspected land-clearing breaches after a protest by farmers in Hobart.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-10/tasmania-farmer-protest-over-landclearing-fines/107136632
#Farmers #EnvironmentalManagement #AgriculturalandFarmingPractice #LandManagement #LandClearing #AdamHolmes
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apanese scientists uncover microbial clues behind disease-resistant organic farmland
Researchers studied a Japanese organic farm with 50+ years of low soil-borne disease incidence.Organic fertilisers significantly increased Lysobacter,…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #carbon #Japanese #landmanagement #regenerative #restoration #soilhealth #soilrestoration #sustainability #sustainable #sustainablefarming #trend
https://www.europesays.com/japan/85215/ -
https://www.europesays.com/ie/670236/ apanese scientists uncover microbial clues behind disease-resistant organic farmland #Carbon #Éire #IE #Ireland #LandManagement #regenerative #Restoration #Science #SoilHealth #SoilRestoration #Sustainability #sustainable #SustainableFarming #trend
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Fierce division over highly flammable grass pastoralists rely on
By Selina GreenBuffel grass is thriving and spreading across South Australia, increasing the risk of bushfires. But not everyone agrees on how to manage it.
#LandManagement #AgriculturalWeedControl #GrassWeed #Bushfires #LivestockNutrition #SelinaGreen
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Fierce division over highly flammable grass pastoralists rely on
By Selina GreenBuffel grass is thriving and spreading across South Australia, increasing the risk of bushfires. But not everyone agrees on how to manage it.
#LandManagement #AgriculturalWeedControl #GrassWeed #Bushfires #LivestockNutrition #SelinaGreen
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Fierce division over highly flammable grass pastoralists rely on
By Selina GreenBuffel grass is thriving and spreading across South Australia, increasing the risk of bushfires. But not everyone agrees on how to manage it.
#LandManagement #AgriculturalWeedControl #GrassWeed #Bushfires #LivestockNutrition #SelinaGreen
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Fierce division over highly flammable grass pastoralists rely on
By Selina GreenBuffel grass is thriving and spreading across South Australia, increasing the risk of bushfires. But not everyone agrees on how to manage it.
#LandManagement #AgriculturalWeedControl #GrassWeed #Bushfires #LivestockNutrition #SelinaGreen
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Fierce division over highly flammable grass pastoralists rely on
By Selina GreenBuffel grass is thriving and spreading across South Australia, increasing the risk of bushfires. But not everyone agrees on how to manage it.
#LandManagement #AgriculturalWeedControl #GrassWeed #Bushfires #LivestockNutrition #SelinaGreen
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Barn Owl Trust
How To Manage Land For Barn Owls
https://www.barnowltrust.org.uk/how-to-manage-land-for-barn-owls/#SolarPunkSunday #BarnOwls #Owls #LandManagement #BarnOwlTrust #WildLife #Birds #Nature #BioDiversity
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Barn Owl Trust
How To Manage Land For Barn Owls
https://www.barnowltrust.org.uk/how-to-manage-land-for-barn-owls/#SolarPunkSunday #BarnOwls #Owls #LandManagement #BarnOwlTrust #WildLife #Birds #Nature #BioDiversity
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Barn Owl Trust
How To Manage Land For Barn Owls
https://www.barnowltrust.org.uk/how-to-manage-land-for-barn-owls/#SolarPunkSunday #BarnOwls #Owls #LandManagement #BarnOwlTrust #WildLife #Birds #Nature #BioDiversity
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Barn Owl Trust
How To Manage Land For Barn Owls
https://www.barnowltrust.org.uk/how-to-manage-land-for-barn-owls/#SolarPunkSunday #BarnOwls #Owls #LandManagement #BarnOwlTrust #WildLife #Birds #Nature #BioDiversity
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Barn Owl Trust
How To Manage Land For Barn Owls
https://www.barnowltrust.org.uk/how-to-manage-land-for-barn-owls/#SolarPunkSunday #BarnOwls #Owls #LandManagement #BarnOwlTrust #WildLife #Birds #Nature #BioDiversity
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English garden charm | Home + Garden https://www.allforgardening.com/1928849/english-garden-charm-home-garden/ #backyard #BackyardGarden #BackyardGardening #BuffaloSpreeJune2026 #Decorating #DedicatedGardener #garden #gardening #gardens #LandManagement #LandscapeDesign #landscaping #LeoRodriguez #MarkWeppner #OutdoorLiving #Planning #Williamsville #yard
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English garden charm | Home + Garden https://www.allforgardening.com/1928849/english-garden-charm-home-garden/ #backyard #BackyardGarden #BackyardGardening #BuffaloSpreeJune2026 #Decorating #DedicatedGardener #garden #gardening #gardens #LandManagement #LandscapeDesign #landscaping #LeoRodriguez #MarkWeppner #OutdoorLiving #Planning #Williamsville #yard
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Fire is both friend and foe for Australia's wildflowers
By Peter de KruijffMany of Australia's floral species have evolved over millions of years alongside fire, but are bushfires becoming too frequent for some flowers to survive?
#NativeSpecies #ScienceandTechnology #Environment #Plants #Bushfires #Fires #LandManagement #EnvironmentalManagement #PeterdeKruijff
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Fire is both friend and foe for Australia's wildflowers
By Peter de KruijffMany of Australia's floral species have evolved over millions of years alongside fire, but are bushfires becoming too frequent for some flowers to survive?
#NativeSpecies #ScienceandTechnology #Environment #Plants #Bushfires #Fires #LandManagement #EnvironmentalManagement #PeterdeKruijff
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Fire is both friend and foe for Australia's wildflowers
By Peter de KruijffMany of Australia's floral species have evolved over millions of years alongside fire, but are bushfires becoming too frequent for some flowers to survive?
#NativeSpecies #ScienceandTechnology #Environment #Plants #Bushfires #Fires #LandManagement #EnvironmentalManagement #PeterdeKruijff
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Fire is both friend and foe for Australia's wildflowers
By Peter de KruijffMany of Australia's floral species have evolved over millions of years alongside fire, but are bushfires becoming too frequent for some flowers to survive?
#NativeSpecies #ScienceandTechnology #Environment #Plants #Bushfires #Fires #LandManagement #EnvironmentalManagement #PeterdeKruijff
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Fire is both friend and foe for Australia's wildflowers
By Peter de KruijffMany of Australia's floral species have evolved over millions of years alongside fire, but are bushfires becoming too frequent for some flowers to survive?
#NativeSpecies #ScienceandTechnology #Environment #Plants #Bushfires #Fires #LandManagement #EnvironmentalManagement #PeterdeKruijff
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FAO soil classification (Pedology 🟤)
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations developed a supra-national classification, which offers useful generalizations about pedogenesis in relation to the interactions between the main soil-forming factors. It was first published in form of the UNESCO Soil Map of the World. Many of the names offered in that classification are known...
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FAO soil classification (Pedology 🟤)
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations developed a supra-national classification, which offers useful generalizations about pedogenesis in relation to the interactions between the main soil-forming factors. It was first published in form of the UNESCO Soil Map of the World. Many of the names offered in that classification are known...
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FAO soil classification (Pedology 🟤)
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations developed a supra-national classification, which offers useful generalizations about pedogenesis in relation to the interactions between the main soil-forming factors. It was first published in form of the UNESCO Soil Map of the World. Many of the names offered in that classification are known...
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FAO soil classification (Pedology 🟤)
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations developed a supra-national classification, which offers useful generalizations about pedogenesis in relation to the interactions between the main soil-forming factors. It was first published in form of the UNESCO Soil Map of the World. Many of the names offered in that classification are known...
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FAO soil classification (Pedology 🟤)
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations developed a supra-national classification, which offers useful generalizations about pedogenesis in relation to the interactions between the main soil-forming factors. It was first published in form of the UNESCO Soil Map of the World. Many of the names offered in that classification are known...
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“It’s easy to understand that when people arrived on this landscape, that it was a landscape that was shaped and maintained by #fire and that it was exquisitely beautiful,” White says.
“It’s easy to understand that traditional knowledge of fire should be integrated into fire management practices today, but, man, that’s hard to achieve.”
#rewilding #forests #wildfires #forestmanagement #landmanagement #stewardship
https://www.rewildingmag.com/indigenous-forest-management-a-culture-of-burning/
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“It’s easy to understand that when people arrived on this landscape, that it was a landscape that was shaped and maintained by #fire and that it was exquisitely beautiful,” White says.
“It’s easy to understand that traditional knowledge of fire should be integrated into fire management practices today, but, man, that’s hard to achieve.”
#rewilding #forests #wildfires #forestmanagement #landmanagement #stewardship
https://www.rewildingmag.com/indigenous-forest-management-a-culture-of-burning/
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“It’s easy to understand that when people arrived on this landscape, that it was a landscape that was shaped and maintained by #fire and that it was exquisitely beautiful,” White says.
“It’s easy to understand that traditional knowledge of fire should be integrated into fire management practices today, but, man, that’s hard to achieve.”
#rewilding #forests #wildfires #forestmanagement #landmanagement #stewardship
https://www.rewildingmag.com/indigenous-forest-management-a-culture-of-burning/
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“It’s easy to understand that when people arrived on this landscape, that it was a landscape that was shaped and maintained by #fire and that it was exquisitely beautiful,” White says.
“It’s easy to understand that traditional knowledge of fire should be integrated into fire management practices today, but, man, that’s hard to achieve.”
#rewilding #forests #wildfires #forestmanagement #landmanagement #stewardship
https://www.rewildingmag.com/indigenous-forest-management-a-culture-of-burning/
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“It’s easy to understand that when people arrived on this landscape, that it was a landscape that was shaped and maintained by #fire and that it was exquisitely beautiful,” White says.
“It’s easy to understand that traditional knowledge of fire should be integrated into fire management practices today, but, man, that’s hard to achieve.”
#rewilding #forests #wildfires #forestmanagement #landmanagement #stewardship
https://www.rewildingmag.com/indigenous-forest-management-a-culture-of-burning/
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Sandstone miner scraps Lockyer Valley project after farmers' pleas
By Brandon LongA quiet farming community found itself at the centre of a major battle when mining threatened their land. What happened next surprised everyone.
#Agriculture #MiningandMetalsIndustry #LandManagement #CommunityandSociety #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #Activism #BrandonLong
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Sandstone miner scraps Lockyer Valley project after farmers' pleas
By Brandon LongA quiet farming community found itself at the centre of a major battle when mining threatened their land. What happened next surprised everyone.
#Agriculture #MiningandMetalsIndustry #LandManagement #CommunityandSociety #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #Activism #BrandonLong
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Sandstone miner scraps Lockyer Valley project after farmers' pleas
By Brandon LongA quiet farming community found itself at the centre of a major battle when mining threatened their land. What happened next surprised everyone.
#Agriculture #MiningandMetalsIndustry #LandManagement #CommunityandSociety #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #Activism #BrandonLong
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Sandstone miner scraps Lockyer Valley project after farmers' pleas
By Brandon LongA quiet farming community found itself at the centre of a major battle when mining threatened their land. What happened next surprised everyone.
#Agriculture #MiningandMetalsIndustry #LandManagement #CommunityandSociety #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #Activism #BrandonLong
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Sandstone miner scraps Lockyer Valley project after farmers' pleas
By Brandon LongA quiet farming community found itself at the centre of a major battle when mining threatened their land. What happened next surprised everyone.
#Agriculture #MiningandMetalsIndustry #LandManagement #CommunityandSociety #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #Activism #BrandonLong
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Code that deems native plants 'invasive' sparks clearing fears
By Catherine JamesA report finds more than 3.2 million hectares of land in New South Wales is covered by clearing permits allowing native plants to be removed.
#LandClearing #LandManagement #EnvironmentalImpacts #Trees #EnvironmentalPolicy #NativeSpecies #Agriculture #Conservation #CatherineJames
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Code that deems native plants 'invasive' sparks clearing fears
By Catherine JamesA report finds more than 3.2 million hectares of land in New South Wales is covered by clearing permits allowing native plants to be removed.
#LandClearing #LandManagement #EnvironmentalImpacts #Trees #EnvironmentalPolicy #NativeSpecies #Agriculture #Conservation #CatherineJames
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Code that deems native plants 'invasive' sparks clearing fears
By Catherine JamesA report finds more than 3.2 million hectares of land in New South Wales is covered by clearing permits allowing native plants to be removed.
#LandClearing #LandManagement #EnvironmentalImpacts #Trees #EnvironmentalPolicy #NativeSpecies #Agriculture #Conservation #CatherineJames
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Code that deems native plants 'invasive' sparks clearing fears
By Catherine JamesA report finds more than 3.2 million hectares of land in New South Wales is covered by clearing permits allowing native plants to be removed.
#LandClearing #LandManagement #EnvironmentalImpacts #Trees #EnvironmentalPolicy #NativeSpecies #Agriculture #Conservation #CatherineJames
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Code that deems native plants 'invasive' sparks clearing fears
By Catherine JamesA report finds more than 3.2 million hectares of land in New South Wales is covered by clearing permits allowing native plants to be removed.
#LandClearing #LandManagement #EnvironmentalImpacts #Trees #EnvironmentalPolicy #NativeSpecies #Agriculture #Conservation #CatherineJames
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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 -
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 -
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 -
Busy Beavers - The Turbidity Signature Of Ecosystem Engineers At Work
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https://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 -
Busy Beavers - The Turbidity Signature Of Ecosystem Engineers At Work
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https://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…"
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Julalikari council and Tennant Mines team up to help Indigenous residents work at Nobles Nob
In a warm greenhouse in Tennant Creek, Warumungu woman Shauna Graham pats down soil at the base of…
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