Beavers: The Best Dam Habitat Builders Around

Date(s): August 7-8, 2008 - Thursday - Friday
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Age: 12 and up are welcome with an adult
Meeting Place: Field Camp
Activity Level: Moderate
Instructor(s): Jerda Smeltzer, M.S.
Course Fee: $170 includes lodging at Field Camp August 7 / without lodging $140
Credits: 18 OPI
Student Limit: 12

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Beaver are second only to humans in their ability to alter their environment.  The habitats they create are vital to the livelihood of a huge number of species from neotropical birds to insects to elk.  We will spend the first morning in the classroom learning about the habitat that beavers create, their unique biology and methods of coexisting with this essential keystone species.  The rest of the course will be spent out in the field using our new knowledge.