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Additional Beaver Resources:
Michigan DNR’s Recent May, 2023 Decision
We Need to Find Ways of Coexisting with Beaver (Amik)
Beaver Festival: Martinez, California
Eager: The Surprising Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter by Ben Goldfarb
In addition to their profound cultural significance, beavers provide critically important ecosystem services, including:
Improving water quality of streams and rivers by trapping sediment and nutrients
Creating a diversity of wetland types that support hundreds of plant and animal species
Creating wildlife habitat for mink, muskrat, river otter, waterfowl, shorebirds, wading birds (herons, egrets, cranes), songbirds, amphibians (frogs, salamanders), and reptiles (turtles, snakes), fish, and aquatic invertebrates
Increasing groundwater recharge
Significantly expanding overall wetland acreage, which is important for Oakland County considering it has lost nearly 50% of its historical wetland acreage
Mitigating climate change by sequestering carbon within wetlands and improving hydrology
Podcasts:
Leave it to Beavers, Seriously
National Geographic: March of the Beaver
Linksploration – Bay Area: Beaver!
Living on Earth: Beavers Move Into the Arctic
Information provided by Dr. Andrea Knutson
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