Forest Focus: Episode 36: Being Beavers

Forest Focus Episode 36.

October 19, 2023 In this episode we learn the valuable connection between beavers and meadows. In a meadow, the squish of mud and splash of a slightly flooded landscape are signs of health. It can be easy to overlook meadows within national forests, perhaps simply because our attention is more often drawn to things that fill a space - a lake, a mountain, a grove of trees - rather than what appears to be merely open space. (00:26:32)

Links to more information:

Sierra National Forest
Restoring a Lost Meadow Brings New Life to a Scarred Landscape
Karen L. Pope
California Process Based Restoration Network
Sequoia National Forest
Trout Unlimited
Anabranch Solutions
USDA Forest Service & Trout Unlimited Invest in Watershed Restoration
Tübatulabal Tribe
USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region Flickr (Images for story)
Swift Water Design