Resources

Websites That Have So Much Information About Beavers

• Worth a Dam (the Martinez Creek beavers)

• Beaver Institute

• BeaversMatter.org

Remediating Flooding and Blocked Culverts with Flow Devices in Illinois

• If you are experiencing flooding problems or blocked road culverts and drains caused by beavers in Illinois, Jeff Boland-Prom of Midwest Beaver Management received training from the Beaver Institute as a Beaver Wetland Professional, is a member in good standing in the Beaver Institute's International BeaverCorps Association, and installs flow devices that include a two-year maintenance agreement.

• Partnering with Beavers in Illinois: A New Paradigm

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Wetlands and Environmental Issues

• Nutrient Farming and Traditional Removal: An Economic Comparison, 2015. (A study on the feasibility of using wetlands for wastewater treatment in the State of Illinois)

• Beavers Could Help in Adapting to Climate Change 

• Ecology, management, and conservation implications of North American beaver (Castor canadensis) in dryland streams

• Beaver Restoration Assessment Tool (BRAT)

• How beavers became North America's best firefighter, National Geographic

• Flood Damage Reduction in the Upper Mississippi

• UWM researchers find that beavers could be a remedy for downstream floods

• Banking on Wetlands: Our Evolving Land Ethic

• Nutrient Farming, Wetlands Research

• Excess Nutrients, Illinois EPA

• Landscape with Beavers

• How the Midwest Lost Its Wetlands

• Hydrological Impact of Beaver Habitat Restoration in the Milwaukee River Watershed

• New Study Finds Beavers Could Be Key To Preventing Flooding On The Milwaukee River

• Battered by Floods, US River Towns Turn to Wetlands

• Flood Reduction through Wetland Restoration: The Upper Mississippi River Basin as a Case History

• Wetland Restoration—More Than Just Birds and Bees

• Great Expectations: Deconstructing the Process Pathways Underlying Beaver-Related Restoration

• Working with Beavers for Watershed Health

• Map of U.S. showing groundwater levels trends, 1900 to 2008

• A Story of Stream Restoration by Beaver!

• Shelter from the Storm How Wetlands Protect Our Communities from Flooding

• UIC Prof Teaming Up With NASA to Discover Lost Wetlands in the Midwest

• Beavers and the Dams They Build Can Improve Water Quality

• Dam! Impacts of Beaver Dams on Surface and Groundwater Quality

Beavers

• Wildlifeillinois.org

• Beaver Food and Feeding Habits

• A Cache of Sticks and a Tail that’s Thick: How Beavers Survive Winter

• Tree Protection: How to Protect Trees from Beaver Chewing

• The Humane Society of the United States: What to Do About Beavers

• Beavers: Coexistence Strategies for Municipalities and Landowners, The Association for the Protection of Fur-Bearing Animals

• Beavers and Muskrats

• Beaver Food and Feeding

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The Glenview Beavers

• WNUR News Podcast 4-23-21. Save the Beavers segment starts at 14:20 and features Eager author Ben Goldfarb

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Illinois State-Specific Information

• Wildlife Damage Management in Illinois - 2015 Summary (1,600 "nuisance" beavers trapped and killed in 2015 across the state)

• Wildlife Damage Management in Illinois - 2018 Summary

• Humane Trapping, Illinois Department of Natural Resources

• Illinois State Beaver Trapping Codes

• Wetlands in Illinois

• Illinois Nutrient Reduction Loss Strategy Biennial Report 2019

• 2019-2020 Illinois Fur Harvest Survey

• 2018-2019 Illinois Trapper Report: Harvest, Effort, and Marketing Practices

• Illinois Rivers 101

• Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Priority Watersheds

• Mitigation Concepts for State: U.S. Army Core of Engineers Database (RIBITS)

• State of Illinois Budget, FY 2021

• The Significance of Rain Atlases for Aquatic Management ( Part 1)

• Illinois Section 303D List

• Total Maximum Daily Loads Report by Watershed

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Other Cities and States

• Beaver Management Plan, City of Portland Environmental Services, Best Management Practices

• Living with Wildlife, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

• Sierra Wildlife Coalition

• Recommendations for an Adaptive Beaver Management Plan for Park City Municipal Corporation

• Urban Beavers

• Techniques for Mitigating Human/Beaver Conflicts in Urban and Suburban Environments, Canada

• A Landowner's Guide to Coexisting with Beavers, Canada

• Working with Beaver for Better Habitat Naturally, Wildlife 2000, Colorado

• Landowners' Guide to Nonlethal Solution Beaver Solutions, New Mexico

• Beavers on Urban Landscapes

• Design, Build--and Let Build

• Coexisting with Castor Canadensis

• Advancing Efforts to Restore Beavers for the Benefit of Montana Watersheds

• Restoring Beavers for Montana’s Watershed Health, Montana Beaver Action Plan, February 2021 Progress Report

• Restoring Beavers for Montana’s Watershed Health, 2021 Montana Beaver Action Plan

• Wisconsin Assistance for Farmers and Landowners

• EPA Awards $2.5 Million for Iowa Farm-Focused Projects to Improve Water Quality

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Beavers Relocation

• The Beaver Restoration Guidebook

• The Beaver Ecology and Relocation Center

• Husbandry Protocol, Methow Beaver Project

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Low-Tech Process Based Restoration of Rivers

• What Is Low-Tech Stream Restoration

• Getting to Stage 0 in Whychus with Low-Tech Process-Based Restoration

• Anabranch Solutions

• New Manual for Low-Tech Riparian Restoration

• Planning Low-Tech Structures for Cheap and Cheerful Restoration Under an NRCS Conservation Practice

• Process Based Restoration; Partnering with Beavers for Watershed Health

• USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Practice: 643 - Restoration of Rare or Declining Natural Communities and Scenario: #50 - Beaver Dam Analogues or Post-Assisted Log Structures

• Great Expectations: Deconstructing the Process Pathways Underlying Beaver-Related Restoration

• Funding Restoration Projects

• Low-Tech Process-Based Restoration Design Principles

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Water Quality Trading

• Frequently Asked Questions About Water Quality Trading

• Better, Faster, Cheaper: Water Quality Trading Opportunities in Illinois

• Water Quality Trading and Offset Programs by State

• Trading Up: The Ohio River Basin Water Quality Trading project is the world’s largest water quality credit program

• How's My Waterway?

• Finding Environmental Markets: Carbon Credits, Water Quality Markets Rebuild for Farmers

• Ohio River Basin Trading Project

• Dairy Business Association applauds Assembly for passing water quality credit clearinghouse

• Building Demand in US Water Quality Trading Markets