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Increase upland water storage by managing for beaver populations

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Approach

Increase upland water storage by managing for beaver populations

Tactics

  • Accommodate and maintain larger beaver populations
  • Trap and relocate beavers that create dams that flood trails
  • Use riparian shrub planting and protection and riparian aspen restoration and management
  • Use valley form analysis to assess potential sites for beaver colonies and channel migrations

Citation

Halofsky, J.E.; Peterson, D.L., eds. (2017). Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the Blue Mountains. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-939. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station., Halofsky, J.E.; Peterson, D.L.; Prendeville, H.R. (2018). Assessing vulnerabilities and adapting to climate change in northwestern U.S. forests. Climatic Change. 146: 89–102. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-017-1972-6.