Wild About the Dulles Wetlands V: Coexisting With Beavers for Wetlands

In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Dulles Greenway Wetlands Mitigation Project, Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy invites you to learn about these important wetlands and the wildlife that call them home. This is the fifth program in the five-part series.

Alison Zak, founder and director of the Human-Beaver Coexistence Fund, provides a brief history of human interactions with beavers over time, an overview of beaver ecology and beaver behavior. She also explores the benefits that beavers, and the wetlands they create, provide for the health of our watersheds, landscapes and communities. Finally, she discusses practical, effective and nonlethal methods for managing beaver-caused problems like tree damage and flooding.