Oregon project assists beavers in building dams helpful to juvenile salmon

摘要

On the Oregon coast, NOAA and partners are leveraging the strong engineering skills of their beloved state animal to restore important habitat for threatened coho salmon and other species. Supported by NOAA, our partners at the Wild Salmon Centerand Upper Nehalem Watershed Council are embarking on a pilotproject. It will assist beavers with building dams in key areas of tributaries where juvenile migrating fish grow. Once built, beaver dams create slower moving sections of streams for juvenile fish to use as habitat.