Volunteers hike through flowing rivers and dry riverbeds alike during the 2024 Beaver Survey.
Beavers
Results of the 2024 Beaver Survey of the San Pedro River...Part 1!
2024 Binational Beaver Survey Methods and Results
Beavers used to be a keystone species in the rivers of southeastern Arizona but were extirpated by trapping over 100 years ago. In an effort to revive the species locally and to regain the ecosystem services provided by beaver, the Bureau of Land Management reintroduced the species to the San Pedro River.
Watershed Management Group Embarks on a Mission to Preserve Local Beaver Populations
The 3rd Annual Binational Beaver Survey [March 2nd & 3rd, 2024]
A volunteer examines the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area for signs of beaver.
Once-common San Pedro River beavers making tiny comeback
It’s hard to believe that the North American beaver wa
The 2024 Binational Beaver Survey Results Are In!
The 2024 Binational Beaver Survey Methods & Results...Part 1!
Read the full report here
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[Clip about WMG's beaver survey starts at the 43:23 mark.]
Where are all the beavers on Arizona's San Pedro River? Volunteers go looking for them
SAN PEDRO RIVER — On a cloudy December Saturday, a group of wildlife enthusiasts met on a dirt pull-off in southern Arizona to embark on a mission. Wide-eyed and unified, the cadre of researchers, advocates, professors and students had volunteered to spend the day collecting data for conservation. Read more...
Banished beaver gets second chance in San Pedro River
The beaver population on the San Pedro River increased by one Friday with the release of a transplant that was trapped by a pest control company along Oak Creek southwest of Sedona.
Rather than kill the “nuisance animal,” Steven Martin from Critter Control of Northern Arizona worked with the Tucson-based Watershed Management Group to find the beaver a welcoming new home at an educational nature center on the San Pedro near Sierra Vista.
“We were all really excited. It made our week,” Martin said. “You don’t always get a win in this business, so it was nice to have a win.”
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