More photos of the repaired BDA instream stuctures on Lost River, tributary of the Mattole river. They held up well to extremely high flows last winter. These are permeable dams that mimic beaver dams. This is a Sanctuary Forest Project within the Mattole Watershed, to enhance summer stream flows in the Mattole river, and salmonid habitat enhancement
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Last summer I was asked if i had any ideas on how to improve analog beaver dams built as a stream enhancement project. Analog dams are human built, these weren't functioning as well as they could and blowing out. (We implemented some beaver like improvements to the dams which are holding up better) I got kind of addicted to watching youtubes of beavers building dams.
This rescued baby beaver knows exactly what to do.
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https://youtu.be/gdwDeJpweiU