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Staff describes beaver-dam analogs to raise water table and attract beavers

5843030 · August 27, 2025
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A staff member outlined the use of beaver-dam analogs (BDAs): driving posts, weaving willows and allowing soil to accumulate behind the structure to raise the water table and encourage beaver colonization. The presentation was explanatory; no formal action was taken.

Staff member, a staff member, described beaver-dam analogs, or BDAs, as structures installed by pounding posts and weaving willows to raise the water table and create habitat that attracts beavers.

The technique “mimics what beavers have been doing for millions of years,” the staff member…

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