Northeast Oregon
What We Do
Solve Beaver Conflicts
Coexistence strategies like tree wrapping and flow devices may allow beavers to stay where they are without causing conflicts. Our experts can assess your beaver challenge and implement these and other strategies.
Peer-to-peer Learning
We convene educational events and maintain a network of beaver believers to grow the movement to keep beavers doing what they do best — create new habitat.
The original extent of wetlands in Oregon has been reduced by 80%
Beavers are ecosystem engineers, creating diverse wetland complexes
Riparian systems support the majority (85%) of wildlife species in the
interior West
Photos courtesy of Mike Hansen (left), Tim Lumley via CC ShareAlike 2.0 (center).
Beavers Make Habitat
Coexistence matters!
Beavers create habitat for myriad species from salmon to butterflies, willows to willow flycatchers to moose. They store, filter, and cool water, keeping streams running cleaner, colder, and later into the season. They irrigate floodplains and recharge groundwater. The wetlands they maintain are fire refugia, biodiversity hotspots, and carbon sinks.
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But beavers, once ubiquitous on the landscape, were nearly extirpated from the American West over more than a century of fur trapping. Their populations have never fully recovered. In order for beavers to reestablish a significant presence, they need our help. To thrive, beavers need better habitat. They need our goodwill. And they need our commitment to work and live alongside them.
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Photo courtesy of Leon Werdinger.
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