Busy Beavers: Using Low-tech Stream Restoration Techniques to Restore Riparian Areas

Date: Wednesday, March 19
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Montana Natural History Center
Cost: Free! But please register

PARTNERS & PUBLIC LANDS SEMINAR SERIES: Conversations with BLM Missoula Field Office

Featuring Speakers Claire Romanko (BLM), Tess Scanlon (Trout Unlimited), and more TBA

Beavers are having a moment. Scientists and land managers alike have caught the beaver fever. As you’ll hear from BLM and partners with Trout Unlimited, National Wildlife Federation, and Clark Fork
Coalition, there are many merits to using low-tech process-based restoration techniques for stream restoration to help restore stream function and hold back the snowpack for greater drought resiliency.
We’ll share the science behind these treatments, and some of our recent project success stories.

Enjoy a complimentary beer with the lecture!

The Missoula Field Office, Bureau of Land Management is excited to announce the “Partners & Public Lands” seminar series! Hosted by the Montana Natural History Center, staff from BLM will be teaming up with our partners to share some of our common treatment activities and deep dive into the “why” behind these land restoration actions. In this 4-part series, we’ll share about forest management, riparian treatments, recreation management, and BLM’s new co-stewardship partnership with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes.

February 12 – Counting Bunny Poop – How Forest Thinning Treatments Impact Wildlife Habitat; with special guests from The Nature Conservancy and University of Montana

March 19 – Busy Beavers – Using Low Tech Stream Restoration Techniques to Restore Riparian Areas; with special guests from Trout Unlimited and others TBA

April 16 – Recreation Resiliency – Exploring a Community-Driven Approach to Recreation Stewardship; featuring Blackfoot Challenge

May 21 – Tribal Reconnections – Sharing BLM & CSKT’s Tribal Co-stewardship Partnership and what this means for land management; featuring partners from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribe