Beavers as Restoration Tools – Publications and Resources

Pacific Northwest Resources

• Restoring Beavers to Restore Streams – online archive (USFWS – Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office)
• Using Beaver in Restoration – Guidebook
• The Importance of Beaver Ponds to Coho Salmon Production in the Stillaguamish River Basin, Washington, USA (Pollock et al., 2004)
• Fish/Habitat Selections for Beaver Dam Areas (a few publications to explore: Collen and Gibson 2001, Chisholm et al. 1987; Jakober et al. 1998; Lindstrom and Hubert 2004a)

Southeast Alaska Resources

• Beaver species profile (Alaska Department of Fish and Game web site)
  • Beaver – Wildlife Notebook Series 
  • Living with Beaver 
• Seasonal Population Characteristics and Habitat Use by Juvenile Coho Salmon in a Small Southeast Alaska Stream (Dolloff, 1987)
• Physical Dimensions and Hydrologic Effects of Beaver Ponds on Kuiu Island in Southeast Alaska (Beedle, 1991)
• Bryant, M. D. 1984. The role of beaver dams as coho salmon habitat in southeast Alaska streams. Pages 183-192in J. M. Walton and D. B. Houston, editors. Proceedings of the Olympic Wild Fish Conference (Port Angeles, 1983). Fisheries Technology Program, Peninsula College, Port Angeles, Washington, USA.
• Beavers by the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska (Willson and Armstrong, 2009)
• Habitat Utilization by Juvenile Pacific Salmon (Onchorynchus) in the Glacial Taku River, Southeast Alaska
  • Northwest and Alaska Fisheries Center Processed Report 88-32 (Thedinga et al. 1988)
  • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (Murphy et al. 1989)
• Dredge Lakes Area (Juneau, Alaska)
  • Dredge Creek Coho and the Impacts of Beavers – by Chuck Caldwell February 2014
  • Upper Dredge Lake Beaver Patrol Coho Salmon Habitat and Beaver Dams – by Scott Miller, April 2014
  • Beaver Patrol Work at Dredge Creek – April 2014

  Other Resources

  • Beaver Solutions – Comprehensive Beaver Management Services
  • US Forest Service – Alaska Region Channel Type and AlaskaRegionStreamProcessGroupPA
  • Beaver and Climate Change Adaptation in North America – Wildearth Guardians/Grand Canyon Trust, 2011

  ****Want to see other resources available for beavers in Southeast Alaska listed here – please send to coordinator@sealaskafishhabitat.org