PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) — Conservationists in Oregon are turning to the state’s namesake animal to help restore wetlands and improve the environment in the Willamette Valley and Portland metro area.

New research across North America and Europe highlights beavers’ role as ecosystem engineers, from increasing biodiversity and water storage to capturing carbon. Studies show their dams reshape ...

Once at risk of extinction, beavers are now experiencing a surge in popularity as environmentalists, wildlife biologists, and other stakeholders seek ways to harness the animals as a natural tool for ...

In this video from Western Beavers Cooperative a kit learns to groom itself from an older sibling. Restoration of beaver habitats can increase our ability to adapt to floods, droughts and wildfires – ...

I’m often asked, “what good is ‘X’ species,” “or “what can ‘X’ species do for me?” Regarding American beavers from a utilitarian view, the answer is that beavers are key to restoration of stream and ...

“Run, Charlie, run!” I hollered, eyeing an angry 40-pound beaver chasing me across a wet meadow in June 1989. Maine Game Warden Charlie Davis and I had captured the beaver because it had plugged a ...

Karen Pope, aquatic ecologist with the USDA Forest Service’s Pacific Southwest Research Station (PSW) is passionate about restoring meadows. “Meadows are some of the most productive ecosystems on the ...

After a hiatus that lasted over a century, beavers are making a comeback on the South Fork of the Crooked River. The Oregon Natural Desert Association, a Bend-based nonprofit, says a beaver family is ...

(Beyond Pesticides, January 30, 2026) In a 2025 study published by the British Ecological Society’s Animal Ecology, researchers’ findings “suggest that beaver engineering created structurally diverse ...

RAWLINS -- The Bureau of Land Management Rawlins field office, in partnership with Trout Unlimited, Wyoming Conservation Corps and Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, led a large-scale restoration effort this ...

Utah State University ecologist Nick Bouwes says beavers may be key to effective river restoration efforts. He and colleagues detail a watershed-scale experiment in Nature's Scientific Reports. Credit ...