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Beaver are nature’s ecosystem engineers, but their dams, wetlands, burrowing, canal digging, and tree-chewing can cause conflict. People often kill beaver, destroy dams, or manually unclog culverts to prevent flooding, infrastructure impacts, and vegetation damage. But, if the habitat is favorable, they will continue to return—no matter how many beaver you kill or structures you destroy.
Lethal and manual management are expensive, time-consuming, and temporary solutions. But, there is another way: beaver coexistence strategies offer cost-effective and sustainable alternatives.
We offer financial and technical assistance for coexistence solutions!
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“Beaver have done a wonderful thing for this ranch. They slowed the water down, spread it out, and rehydrated the sponge so that water doesn’t disappear. Good fish habitat is good cow habitat too. You can spend gobs of money trying to replicate what beaver do for free.
—Jon Griggs, Maggie Creek Ranch
The California Beaver Help Desk is a partnership between the WATER Institute at Occidental Arts & Ecology Center, the Beaver Institute, and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, whose Nature Based Solutions: Wetlands and Mountain Meadows Grant Program makes this work possible. If you are experiencing conflict with beaver on the land you manage and would like to pursue free technical assistance, please click below to apply.