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ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION
From: 2016. Bouwes N, Bennett S and Wheaton JM. Adapting Adaptive Management for Testing the Effectiveness of Stream Restoration: An Intensively Monitored Watershed Example Fisheries. 41: 2: pp. 84-91 DOI: 10.1080/03632415.2015.1127806
• Example of how AM can be done for cheaper…
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LETS MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THIS
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WHAT WAS DONE AS PART OF PLANNING?
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WHAT WAS DONE FOR DOING?
• Construction• Monitoring• & If ‘adjustment’,
maintenance…
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: Installation
Post Assisted Log Structures
(PALS)
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: STRUCTURE TYPESPALS – Debris Jam PALS – Bank Attached
PALS – Mid Channel Seeding
Flow
Flow Flow
Flow
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EXAMPLE PLACEMENT DENSITY…
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HYPOTHESIZED RESPONSES• Hydraulic Responses
• Some are immediate• Structures ‘settle’+ Hydraulic roughness
• Geomorphic Responses• Require high flows• Scour pools• Create bars
Pool
Bar
Bank Erosion
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VARY BY STRUCTURE TYPE
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EVALUATE?
• d
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NOTE…
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Joe Wheaton
TYPES OF LIVING WITH BEAVER MITIGATION
© Cadel Wheaton
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TYPES OF LIVING WITH BEAVER MITIGATION
I. Let’s not forget, they are pests!
II. Living with Beaver?III. Case Studies of Adaptively
Managing Beaver
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IN SOME PLACES… THEY ARE A NUISANCE• In residential areas they can cause
flooding…• They often block culverts, which
can flood roads• They can chop down our
ornamental landscape trees• They can make a mess of irrigation
diversions
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DYNAMITE DOESN’T WORK
• A common response to nuisance beaver dam building is to blow the dam up
• The dynamite is effective at breaching dam….
• But, the beaver are persistent, they can rebuild a dam in a night or two
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LETHAL TRAPPING
• Lethal trapping is very common (and legal)
• Sometimes effective at temporarily alleviating problems IF all beaver are trapped out
• However, very hard to actually trap ALL beaver
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TYPES OF LIVING WITH BEAVER MITIGATION
I. Let’s not forget, they are pests!
II. Living with Beaver?III. Case Studies of Adaptively
Managing Beaver
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LIVING WITH BEAVER STRATEGIES…• Is problem real or
perceived?• If real:
– ‘Beaver Deceivers’– ‘Pond Levelers’– ‘Caging’ trees– All require maintenance
• If those don’t work, live trap and relocation
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BEAVER DETERRENT OR SCARE CROW
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USFS APPROVED?
• From Cynthia Tait
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SOME GUIDELINES FOR ‘LIVING WITH BEAVER• Provides basic
examples• Emphasizes ‘live
trapping’ translocation trapping entire family unit
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UDWR – BEAVER MANAGEMENT PLAN
• One of most progressive plans in US• Specifically relies on beaver as a
restoration tool
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UDWR BEAVER MANAGEMENT PLAN
• Awareness of non-traditional options is already increasing…
• Non-lethal options are being used throughout state
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TRANSLOCATION • In Utah, translocation is
already allowed under UDWR’s Beaver Management Plan
Kent Sorenson (UDWR)
Nuisance beavers being translocated from Henry’s Fork to High Unitah’s (Courtesy of Sorenson)
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TYPES OF LIVING WITH BEAVER MITIGATION
I. Let’s not forget, they are pests!
II. Living with Beaver?III. Case Studies of
Adaptively Managing Beaver
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PARK CITY STORY• Good old days of
traditional, undocumented beaver management
• Change of mgmt…• Beaver come back• Beaver cause
flooding problems• City removes
(traditional mgmt.)• But people liked
the beaver… and complained
• CONFLICT!
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EXAMPLE OF HOW TO DO THIS…
Lays out an adaptive management response to the beaver problem…
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SIMPLE DECISION POINTS – BY WATER COURSE
• Cheaper and more effective then just lethal treatment everywhere…
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@ EACH DAM
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ADAPTIVE BEAVER MANAGEMENT PLAN
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Hardware Ranch Beaver Management Plan• Worked with the
UDWR to develop a beaver management plan
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HARDWARE RANCH BEAVER MANAGEMENT PLAN
• High quality beaver habitat
• Dam building has potential to flood ranch infrastructure and roads
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FLOODING MITIGATED
• UDWR installed a pond leveler in 2013 to prevent flooding of bunkhouse
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• Install another pond leveler
POND LEVELER FOR BRIDGE/DAM
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• Install a beaver deterrent to maintain pond level
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Hardware Ranch Beaver Management Plan
• Install a beaver deterrent to maintain pond level
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MUST NOT HAVE BEEN MUCH GOING ON
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HMMM. WHAT IS WRONG HERE?
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SPRING CREEK WETLAND: WALMART LOGAN, UT
Working with Walmart Stores and the City of Logan to develop ‘Living With Beaver Strategies’
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SPRING CREEK WETLAND: WALMART LOGAN, UT
• High quality beaver habitat
• Repeated trapping costly and ineffective
• Walmart manager wants to try ‘Living with Beaver’ strategies
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SPRING CREEK WETLAND: WALMART LOGAN, UT
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POND LEVELER
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POND LEVELER INSTALLATION
Expected height of the maintained beaver dam
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TYPES OF LIVING WITH BEAVER MITIGATION
I. Let’s not forget, they are pests!
II. Living with Beaver?III. Case Studies of Adaptively
Managing Beaver
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EXAMPLES FREE FOR PLAGIARIZINGLays out an adaptive management response to beaver problems…
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TAKE AWAYs• Beaver can be a real nuisance• Lethal control is generally
ineffective in long term• If you have a nuisance problem,
you have a nuisance problem• No such thing as a maintenance
free problem• Best to recognize the threats
they pose & develop adaptive beaver management plans
• Start simple (e.g. is it just a perception problem or real) & use lethal control as last resort
© Cadel Wheaton
For more information, visit: http://beaver.joewheaton.org