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BeaverCON 2020 Agenda & Speakers

Agenda
Download our 2020 Agenda → BeaverCON 2020 Agenda.pdf
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Speakers and Abstracts
Our presenters came from various locations around the world and brought diverse subjects and experiences in regards to beaver management and ecological restoration.
SPEAKERS
Presentation Abstract
Dr. Alan Puttock
University of Exeter
Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

Quantifying the Hydrological Impacts of Eurasian Beaver Reintroduction across Great Britain
Alexa Whipple and Kent Woodruff
The Methow Beaver Project
Washington, United States
The Methow Beaver Project – Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going in 2 Acts
Bob Boucher
Milwaukee RiverKeeper
Wisconsin, United States
Creating the "Superior Bio-Conservancy" and modeling beaver restoration benefits
Chris Jordan
NOAA/NMFS/Northwest Fisheries Science Center c/o US EPA
Oregon, United States

Carol Volk
South Fork Research Inc.
Washington, United States

Joe Wheaton
Utah State University
Utah, United States

Nick Bouwes
Eco Logical Research Inc.
Utah, United States

Temperature and hydrological impacts of beaver-based stream restoration: hypotheses, models and data and the way forward with low tech process based restoration.
Duncan Halley
Norwegian Institute Research
Trondheim, Norway

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​Gerhard Schwab, M.Sc.
Bund Naturschutz in Bayern e.V. (BN)
Mariaposching, Germany

History of Beavers in Europe
Glynnis A. Hood
University of Alberta
Alberta, Canada

Plumbing for ecology: Can flow devices on beaver ponds reduce conflicts and costs?
Heidi Perryman
Worth A Dam – Martinez Beavers
California, United States
A Space for Beavers
Leonard Houston
South Umpqua Rural Community Partnership -
​Beaver Advocacy Committee
Oregon, United States
When the Beaver Calls Your Name:
Managing Beaver in the Umpqua Basin
Rob Walton
The Beaver Coalition
Oregon, United States
Beavers, Salmon, and the Beaver State
Roger Auster
University of Exeter
Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

Unraveling Perceptions of Eurasian Beaver Reintroduction
​in Great Britain
Skip Lisle, M.S.
Beaver Deceivers International
Vermont, United States

The History of the Beaver Deceiver™
Alicia Leow-Dyke
Wildlife Trusts Wales
Powys, United Kingdom

The Story of Beavers in Wales
Frances Backhouse
Author
British Columbia, Canada
37 Million Years and Counting: A Brief History of Beavers
Grace Brush
Johns Hopkins University
Maryland, United States

A LAND TRANSFORMED: FROM BEAVERS TO DITCHES
Stanley Petrowski
South Umpqua Rural Community Partnership
Oregon, United States

The Case of the Missing Beaver
John Egan
Beaver Solutions, LLC
Massachusetts, United States

Managing Beaver Flooding Problems with Flow Devices
Derek Gow
TBD
Mike Callahan
Beaver Institute
Massachusetts, United States

New Beaver Management Tools You Can Use
Toogee Sielsch
Sherry Guzzi
Sierra Wildlife Coalition
​California, United States

The Sierra Wildlife Coalition:
Sand Painting Trees to Create a Cleaner Lake Tahoe
Elizabeth Sudduth
Georgia Gwinnett College
Georgia, United States

The effects of beaver dams on nutrient transport in urban streams
Kari Gunson
Eco-Kare International
Ontario, Canada

Integrating road ecology mitigation measures with beaver exclusion techniques at road drainage culverts
Aaron Hall 
Defenders of Wildlife
Colorado, United States

Elissa Chott & Will McDowell
Clark Fork Coalition
Montana, United States

Sarah Bates
National Wildlife Federation
Montana, United States

Busy beaver: Building a cost-sharing program
Chris Becraft
Underwood & Associates
Maryland, United States

Cattail Creek Stream Restoration and Living Shoreline
Scott McGill
Ecotone, Inc.
​Maryland, United States
Integrating Beaver and Eco-Geomorphology into Ecological Restoration
(Abstract link to come)
Chuck Caldwell
The Beaver Patrol
Alaska, United States
The Juneau Beaver Patrol and Innovative Salmon Passage
Gerhard Schwab, M.Sc.
Bund Naturschutz in Bayern e.V. (BN)
Mariaposching, Germany
Beaver management in Germany.
How to deal with an eco-engineer in completely used land

Martha Otis
University of Miami
Florida, United States
Bringing Beavers Home—A New Vision for Civic Engagement in the Age of Habitat Restoration
Nicolaas Bouwes
Utah State University, Anabranch Solutions, LLC, and Eco Logical Research, Inc.
​Utah, United States

Beaver-related restoration strategies –documented benefits from restoration evaluations
​Joseph Wheaton
Utah State University and Anabranch Solutions, LLC
Utah, United States
Low-tech process-based restoration-lessons learned from beaver to address degraded riverscapes
Sarah Koenigsberg
From Castor-Cursing to Beaver-Believing: The Power of Storytelling and Intentional Communication to Inspire Change
(Abstract link to come)
Michael Pollock
Abstract to come
Emily Henderson
University of North Carolina - Charlotte
North Carolina, United States

Do Beaver Impoundments Have Hydrological Impacts to a Developing Piedmont Watershed?
Jakob Shockey
The Beaver Coalition
Oregon, United States
​Fish Passage: Adapting our Tools for Living with Beaver in Salmon Country
Erik Michelsen
Anne Arundel County Watershed Protection and Restoration Program
Maryland, United States
How Can Research on the Effects of Beaver Activity Inform Better Stream and Wetland Restoration Design?
Victoria Neville
World Wildlife Fund Canada
Toronto, Canada
Flow Device Project for Atlantic Salmon Passage in Newfoundland
Speaker TBD
TBD
Maddie Berg
Stantec
Maryland, United States
In-stream effectiveness of conveyance channels and material processing channels
Robert V Hopper III, PE, PMP
CDM Smith
North Carolina, United States
The Ecological Engineer for Water Resources Resilience… in Raleigh
Tom Horton
Thinking Like A Beaver – Restoring Chesapeake Bay
(Abstract Link to Come)
Adrian Nelson
Humane Solutions
British Columbia, Canada​

Chum Can't Jump.
The trials and turmoil's of creating the Fish Lyft salmon passage.
James Wallace
Beaver Trust
England and Wales, United Kingdom

Sarah Koenigsberg

Emily Fairfax

Beavers Without Borders

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