Tag: Beaver Dam Analogs
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A Summer of Opportunity at CWS
By Larisa Thacher and Miranda Bell Tilcock . . . Over the summer, the Center for Watershed Sciences (CWS) had the privilege of hosting three undergraduate research assistants in our “Opportunities in Watershed Sciences” program. Led by Junior Specialist, Larisa Thacher, this program was created to provide opportunities to undergraduate students who might not have…
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The Power of Mimics in Aquatic Management and Beyond
By Brandi Goss, Marissa L. Baskett, and Robert A. Lusardi Humans might be the ultimate ecosystem engineers in the sense that we constantly modify ecosystems and change the processes which drive them. In some cases, this can harm biodiversity by displacing native ecosystem engineers which deliver important benefits for other species and bolster both habitat…