EPP727 - Beaver Restoration Workshop

Course Description

Using beaver to restore streams is rapidly gaining acceptance as a cost-effective technique to improve aquatic habitat, especially for salmonids. Regulatory and institutional obstacles are being reduced or removed as scientific advances continue to demonstrate that beaver can restore stream habitat far more effectively, and at a much lower cost, than many traditional stream restoration approaches.

Please join us for an informal workshop focused on the use of beaver in aquatic restoration on November 2, 2016, in Boise, Idaho. The workshop is intended for land owners/managers, and restoration funders, reviewers, and practitioners who are involved or interested in aquatic ecosystem restoration. There will be ample opportunity for questions and discussion.

Instructors include: 

• Michael M. Pollock, Ph.D., Ecosystems Analyst, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center
• Janine Castro, Ph.D., Geomorphologist, US Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA Fisheries
• Kent Woodruff, Wildlife Biologist, US Forest Service