Howarth Creek BDA After-Installation

Howarth Creek is a tributary stream to Voght Creek and subsequently the Coldwater River. This video shows an overview of the Howarth Creek Beaver Dam Analog Pilot Project site. Nine BDAs were installed along a two kilometer stretch of Howarth Creek to increase water storage and summer baseflows in the creek. Monitoring will continue at this site to determine the efficacy and longevity of these structures.

[@windsonghillranch4306]

Beautiful drone footage. Wouldn't it be awesome if real beaver moved in?

[@billsmith5109]

I’d say that’s pretty well guaranteed. Interesting that team left reaches with brush that isn’t drowned to ensure beaver will have food supply while brush establishes at new pond edges. Does juvenile dispersal have a distinct seasonality?

[@billyb9067]

That’s awesome ❤

[@nikiryan8648]

now go get yourself a beaver looking for a home!

[@koholohan3478]

Introduce beavers!

[@markbriggs-g5v]

Don't understand what I'm looking at drone over stream pond to pond

[@alexwoods2836]

A huge amount of work. Plant a willow along the shore and in three years you can let the beavers in. The beavers will do free maintenance.

[@elizabetheichenseer7757]

Beautiful area. At the start of the video the trees were bare and on the ground. What happened?

[@jeffclydecainong2444]

Hmmmmm 🤔

[@Scott-cw9kj]

That is the answer!!!!!

[@linedallaire6637]

This is the way to improve everything

[@jamestroy9625]

🤷

[@1943L]

Nice quiet drone video. Liked it.

[@sw8741]

That right there is prime mosquito habitat. They'll be thicker than....well...mosquitos! Lots of repellant and heavy clothing.

[@leedza]

What makes you say that? It's also prime habitat for mosquito larvae predators

[@itsrachelfish]

Human constructed habitats like drainage ditches are a better habitat for mosquitoes, because they lack predators. Intact ecosystems have a diversity of predators like fish, dragonflies, and bats that all prevent explosive mosquito populations

[@Oleg50600]

and frogs.

[@linedallaire6637]

Create habitats for bats and dragonflies, birds that eat insects.... and the problem is solved.... mosquitoes gone

[@sw8741]

@@linedallaire6637 Think about what you just said. Exhaust their food supply? Then what? That food chain collapses. HELLO! ABUNDANT mosquitos are a part of that food chain. Where does anyone get the idea that fish or birds or anything else eat up all the mosquitos?