02 - Smokey the Beaver: Nature’s Firefighters with Dr. Emily Fairfax

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I'll Be Dammed

Methow Beaver Project

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I’ll Be Dammed is a down-to-earth, humorous and serious show hosted by the Methow Beaver Project. We have conversations with beaver restoration experts, wildfire researchers, environmentalists, ranchers and community members with the goal of understanding the multifaceted ecological and community benefits that beavers bring to us, as well as the challenges of living with them at times. Listen in as we discuss beaver-human conflicts, benefits to fish populations, and partnering with beavers to adapt and build climate resilience against extreme wildfire, drought, flooding, etc.

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02 - Smokey the Beaver: Nature’s Firefighters with Dr. Emily Fairfax

I'll Be Dammed

1 hour 2 minutes 32 seconds

4 years ago

02 - Smokey the Beaver: Nature’s Firefighters with Dr. Emily Fairfax

It’s been said that beavers are the only engineers that come in under budget and ahead of schedule.

With all of the work that beavers do on streams, how does this influence wildfires?

That’s exactly the question that we explore in this episode.

Dr. Fairfax has a PhD in Geological and Earth Sciences from the University of Colorado in Boulder. She is an Assistant Professor at California State University Channel Islands.

Dr. Fairfax’s stop motion animation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAM94B73bzE

Dr. Fairfax’s article:

Fairfax, E., and A. Whittle. 2020. Smokey the Beaver: beaver-dammed riparian corridors stay green during wildfire throughout the western USA. Ecological Applications 30(8):e02225. 10.1002/eap. 2225. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/eap.2225

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