Tag: beavers
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Building Beaver Dam Analogs: A Volunteer Weekend with Cascade Forest Conservancy
The sound of trickling water, sometimes so soothing, but in this case somewhat maddening. “Where is that coming from?”, I thought as I inspected the Alder branches I had carefully woven through posts across a small stream in the shadow of Mt. Rainier. As I carefully stuffed grass and leaves into the cracks in my…
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Fencing for Beavers: Four Days of Hard Work in the Oregon High Desert
I just returned from four days in Eastern Oregon working on a habitat restoration project with the Oregon Natural Desert Association. Fifteen of us backpacked in 3 miles and spent two days building about a third of a mile of fence across the mouth of 12 Mile Creek canyon. The goal of the project is…
The Crooked Trail 