37 min
#5 For Watershed Restoration in California Emily Fairfax Says We Should Leave More of it to Beavers The Water Table
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Dr. Emily Fairfax is quantitatively proving the value of the beaver to watershed restoration in California. Her work is showing that with beavers on the landscape, we can be more fire, flood, and drought resilient. Beavers are a keystone species missing from many parts of their historical range—and their absence is showing—California has lost 95 percent of its pre-colonial wetlands. Fairfax says that while the reintroduction of beavers back into California watersheds is crucial, we can and should get started mimicking what beavers do on the land, slowing, spreading, and sinking water, by using beaver dam analogs and beaver building principles.
For more information on Emily Fairfax’s work visit: https://emilyfairfaxscience.com/
Episode Host: Pete Deneen
Sound editing and mixing: Ryan Evans
Music: Todd Hannigan
This podcast was made possible with funding and support by creative collective and producer Watershed Progressive, the Tuolumne County Resource Conservation District, California Department of Water Resources, the Wildlife Conservation Board, and the residents of California who supported Prop 84 and Prop 1
Dr. Emily Fairfax is quantitatively proving the value of the beaver to watershed restoration in California. Her work is showing that with beavers on the landscape, we can be more fire, flood, and drought resilient. Beavers are a keystone species missing from many parts of their historical range—and their absence is showing—California has lost 95 percent of its pre-colonial wetlands. Fairfax says that while the reintroduction of beavers back into California watersheds is crucial, we can and should get started mimicking what beavers do on the land, slowing, spreading, and sinking water, by using beaver dam analogs and beaver building principles.
For more information on Emily Fairfax’s work visit: https://emilyfairfaxscience.com/
Episode Host: Pete Deneen
Sound editing and mixing: Ryan Evans
Music: Todd Hannigan
This podcast was made possible with funding and support by creative collective and producer Watershed Progressive, the Tuolumne County Resource Conservation District, California Department of Water Resources, the Wildlife Conservation Board, and the residents of California who supported Prop 84 and Prop 1
37 min